Passages from Shakespeare of London by Marchette Chute,
copyright, 1949, by E. P. Dutton & co., Inc., reprinted by permission of the
publishers. Also see Acknowledgments.

PREFACE

The
purpose of this book is to preserve family history and to perpetuate pride in
the accomplishments of our pioneer ancestors.

It
is understandable that the contents of Chapter One may be tiresome reading to
some. However, it was included for the benefit of those who might want to go
more thoroughly into the background of the family.

The
old and original spellings - and misspellings - have been used.

This
book is not intended to be a final story of the Chitwood family of Virginia,
but, rather, a first chapter of the story, which we hope will never be ended.

It
may appear strange that a native of Illinois, born of parents from Kansas,
living in Indiana, writes a book about people in Virginia. True, much
information is available, if at all, only in Virginia. But, the Indiana State
Library, the Fort Wayne (Ind.) Public Library and the National Archives have
vast amounts of pertinent information on their shelves, on microfilm and on
microcards; and the courteous assistance of their personnel must be remembered.

That
which is not available through those sources has been eagerly furnished by many
relatives. Particular tribute must be given to Mrs. Walter P. Holland and Robert
Gray Chitwood, of Roanoke, Va.; Mrs. C. B. Nolen of Ferrum, Va.; Mrs. L. L.
Steffey of Bristol, Tenn.; Mrs. Willis Cheatham and Mrs. Fay B. Chitwood of
Rocky Mount, Va.; Miss Sally Lumsden of Glade Hill, Va.; Mrs. J. Y. Jamieson of
Falls Church, Va.; Mrs. A. H. Neel of Dayton, Ohio; and to Mrs. George Lee
Chitwood, Mrs. Bethel Dickson and Fred Chitwood, all of Conway Springs, Kansas.
The joy of writing this book was to have been reward in itself. But I have been
repaid many fold in addition by having had the opportunity to know and to work
with these hitherto unknown cousins.

Especially
do I thank my husband, who, during the research for and writing of this book,
has learned to index names, run an antiquated mimeograph and wear each shirt a
day longer.

My
specifically mentioning these wonderful people is not intended to discredit the
invaluable assistance of numerous other people, whose names if included wouldmake costs exceed our printing budget. But the recognition of
those who have contributed would be incomplete without mentioning that those
about whom this book is written made possible not only this book but our very
existence.

This,
my first attempt at writing, has been quite an experience. As I sit here
contemplating the months and months of research, the almost unbelievable amount
of correspondence, the cataloguing and filing of literally reams of papers, the
stacks of mimeograph stencils (and their many corrections), and awaiting the
verdict of the reader, I am reminded of those famous last words of Sidney Carton
which he uttered as he was about to be executed:

"It
is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done. It is a far, far
better rest that I go to, than I have ever known."[1]

J.C.T.

DEDICATION

To
my Grandmother

VIRGINIA
FRANKLIN (CHITWOOD) MAYFIELD

who,
although crippled in body for many years with joints swollen and hardened by
arthritis, retained the sweetness of her disposition and the charm of her
Virginia origin, was a joy to all,

The more thorough the research into the background of the early
Chitwood family, the more interesting the search becomes.

One source for information in the early lines of the Chitwood family is
the William & Mary Quarterly,
Vol. 18, second series, 1839, pp 507-509, by (Dr.) Blanche M. Haines, of Three
Rivers, Michigan. I have divided this article into more paragraphs than the
original shows in order that it may be more easily read. Other than that
change, it is quoted here verbatim from this source:

"Chetwood. - The Chetwode, Chetwood family of England is an old
Saxon one going back to the time of William the Conqueror, to one John de
Chetwode. That Thomas Chetwode, an early immigrant colonist to Virginia was of
this family is certain.

"The earliest mention of Thomas Chetwood in Virginia was in 1653,
when he was witness to the nuncupative will of Mr. Thomas Crowder.[1]
May 8, 1655, Thomas Chettwood of London, merchant, gave power of attorney to
Mr. Peter Knight.[2]
Alexander Porteus gave power of attorney to Mr. Thomas Chetwood in 1658.[3]
Repeatedly, in the records, he appears with the prefix Mr. In 1660, Governor
William Berkeley appointed him Surveyor.[4]
This with other records show that he was in the favor of Governor Berkeley.

"From 1653 to 1678, the year of his death, he appeared in
Lancaster County records many times. He brought in many colonists and had many
head-rights on them. The largest of the land grants from these headrights was
5275 acres to Thos. Chetwood and John Prosser in 1667 for transporting 106
persons. In 1667 Major William Ball and Mr. Thomas Chetwood brought in
thirty-two persons and were granted 1600 acres. Most of this was on the north
side of the Rappahannock River. Grants totaling more than 15000 acres for
transporting people appear with his name. Dividing the joint grants by two, he
had in Lancaster County alone more than 5000 acres and there were other grants
in Northumberland and Old Rappahannock counties. There were close to 300
headrights in which he had an interest.

"He
died intestate in 1678. The inventory brought in by Edward Carter, Robert
Newsum and Walter Wallace named Elizabeth Chetwood, relict of Thomas Chetwood,
defunct.[5]
The estate of £2000 was granted to his widow in 1678 with Capt. William Ball,
Attorney.[6]
No mention of lands or children, though he had both. In March, 1669, Mr.
Thomas Chetwode was granted a certificate for transporting certain persons,
including Elizabeth Chitwode.[7]
As early as 1664, Elizabeth Chetwode gave power of attorney to Marquo Barret.[8]
The evidence is that Thomas and Elizabeth Chetwood were married in England.

"That he made many trips across the ocean is shown by headrights
granted in 1658 by Mr. Wm. Underwood for bringing in Thomas Chettwood three
times and in 1661 to 'Thomas Chitwode for transporting himself three tymes',
with others. In his lifetime he deeded land to many of the prominent colonists
in Lancaster and adjoining counties. Among them were William Travers, Jno.
Chinley, Marquo Barret, Will Wroughton, Nicholas Wren, Thos. Hearley, Richard
Overton, Henry Stoneham, Edward Carter and Edward Dale.

"Three
contemporary Thomas Chetwoods are to be found in London wills at that time. It
seems probable and almost certain that Thomas Chetwood, merchant of London and
Lancaster Co., Virginia, was the son of 'Henry Chettwood, late of St. Dunstans
in East, citizen and Haberdasher of London,' who died Oct 2, 1652. Thomas was
the second son of Henry and Parnell (Harris) Chettwood. She died Oct. 5, 1654.
The eldest son was Arthur Chetwood, gentleman, of St. Clements Inn, who died
November 2, 1657. All of these mentioned Thomas in their wills.

"Arthur left lands in 'Wourleston' and Chester, England. The very
early Chetwodes lived in Chester.[9]
The third son of Henry and Parnell Chetwood was Henry, who was executor of his
mother's and brother Arthur's estates. In 1662, Mr. John Pate received a
headright for bringing in Henry Chittwood. There has been found no further
mention of Henry Chittwood, although this seems a bit of confirmatory evidence
that he was of the same family as Thomas Chetwood. Definite proof of this
parentage, particularly from London records is desired, also the maiden name
of Elizabeth Chetwood, wife of Thomas Chetwood. It seems probable that the
other contemporary Thomas Chetwoods of London, if they came to America, would
have joined Grace Chetwood, wife of Rev. Peter Bulkeley in New England where
she already had arrived, as they were of her father's line, Richard Chetwood,
while Henry Chetwood of London was a descendant of Richard's brother James.

"Although no mention is made of children or lands in the
settlement of the estate of Thomas Chetwood, we know that he had a son 'Thomas
Chetwood of St. Mary's White Chapple Parish' in Lancaster County as told by a
deed in 1720 to Charles Ewell for 2000 acres of land. That there were other
children seems probable. Old Rappahannock County records for May 19, 1686,
mention Berkeley Chitwood in a suit brought by one John Linkhorne. Information
relating to Berkeley Chetwood or other children of Thomas and Elizabeth
Chetwood is desired.

"Thomas Chetwood, second, of St. Mary's, also married Elizabeth,
maiden name unknown. He too, died intestate in 1742. He had an only son,
Turner, who obtained Letters of Administration on his estate.[10]
Turner Chetwood, also, had wife Elizabeth, maiden name unknown. She appeared
as his widow, July, 1760, and named her children, Betty, George, William and
Rachel. William died in 1788 leaving three children. His brother George was
his executor.[11]
George Chitwood of Lancaster County died in 1793, leaving wife Judy and
children, William, George, Susanna, Elizabeth, Nancy and Alcey.[12]
Betsy married Jos. West in 1802, William Chitwood married Lucy Pitman in 1822,
a William Chitwood married Mary Jane Barns in 1845 and an earlier William
Chetwood married Betsy Neale May 18, 1780.[13]
Clearly these records pertain to the family of Thomas Chetwood second and his
son Turner Chetwood.

"The earliest will recorded in Virginia of the family of Chetwood
is that of Marthias or Matthias Cheatwood in Cumberland Co. in 1755. The next
in order is that of his son William Cheatwood in Powhatan Co. in 1787.[14]
Matthias Chetwood married Mary Key, daughter of Richard Key of Northumberland
Co., prior to February 15, 1725.[15]
Mary Key, daughter of Richard Key, was born Jan. 12, 1695.[16]
This marriage of Matthias Chetwood (spelled Chetwood in early records of
Northumberland, Goochland and Henrico counties) seems to place him in the
family of Thomas Chetwood, the first colonist of the name in Lancaster Co. Was
he the son of Berkeley Chitwood or possibly the son of another son of Thomas
Chetwood who may have inherited the Northumberland County lands of his father?
The parentage of Matthias Chetwood is the most important missing link in this
quest. Information is greatly desired on this point.

"July 6, 1741, Matthias Chitwood had a land patent for 400 acres
in Goochland Co. This land fell, in the divisions of the counties, into
Powhatan or earlier Cumberland and Chesterfield Counties. Matthias Cheatwood's
will dated in 1752 was proved in Cumberland Co. He named wife Mary and sons,
Richard to whom he gave 200 acres; Matthias, 100 acres; William 100 acres;
John and James personal property.

"Richard and his wife Winney sold his land to William and they
went to Buckingham Co., next to Bedford Co. and he died in Rutherford Co.,
North Carolina. His son James was a Revolutionary soldier and died in Campbell
Co., Tennessee.

"Matthias, Jr. inherited the Chesterfield portion of the land,
married Mary Fore, widow of Daniel Fore (Faure) of Henrico County, and died
childless.

"William married Jean ----, maiden name unknown and the
information greatly desired. She was of a Huguenot family. William and Jean
had fourteen children. They were the ancestors of the families spelling the
name Cheatwood of Richmond, Lynchburg, Bedford Co., Virginia, and of the State
of Ohio. The descendants of the brothers of William carry the name Chitwood.

"John son of Matthias married Elizabeth Tillotson, daughter of
John Tillotson of Chesterfield County, who deeded John Chetwood and his wife
Elizabeth and Granddaughter Ann for love and affection he bore them, land in
Chesterfield County, in 1753. They sold this in 1760. John Chitwood bought
land from Richard Bailey in Bedford County in 1782.[17]
This land fell, in the division of counties, into Franklin County. He died in
1798.[18]
He was the ancestor of the Chitwood families of Franklin Co., Roanoke, Va. and
Morgantown, W. Va. There are several Revolutionary soldiers in this family.

"James Chitwood went to Buckingham Co., Virginia, thence to
Rutherford Co., N.C., where he was the founder of a family of Chitwoods who
went west through Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri and from there they joined the
forty-niners who went to California.

"The author of this query has information relating to the
descendants of Matthias and Mary (Key) Chetwood but would appreciate any
additional information. Bible or family records of especial interest. The
parentage of Matthias Chetwood and proof of the parentage of Thomas Chetwood,
first, are especially wanted, also, the maiden names of Elizabeth, wife of
Thomas first and Jean, wife of William Cheatwood of Powhatan Co."-- (Dr.) Blanche M. Haines

It is possible that the answer to the question of the identity of the
wife of Thomas Chetwood, first, was located by the writer of this book:

In Shakespeare of London, page 125, Marchette Chute describes St Mary,
Aldermanbury: "a handsome residential district on the west side of
town"; and from the March 24, 1963 issue of the Chicago Tribune: "St. Clement Danes, set in its island site at
the far end of the Strand where it joins Fleet street in London's newspaper
world. The original church was built in the 10th century and was associated
with a colony of Danes. The church familiar to all Londoners was designed
around 1680 by Sir Christopher Wren."

Records show that Sir Richard Chetwood, brother of James Chetwood, was
a member of the Inner Temple; and that Thomas Chetwood was of Gray's Inn, both
a part of England's famous Inns of Court.

"The City, in fact begins on the west on Fleet Street, at historic
Temple Bar. . . Near Temple Bar two inconspicuous gateways break Fleet
Street's solid line of buildings. From them narrow lanes lead to the hidden
precincts of Inner Temple and Middle Temple, schools of law for more than 600
years. With Gray's Inn and Lincoln's Inn, which lie outside the City, they
comprise England's famous Inns of Court, comparable to the colleges of a great
university . . . England recognizes two branches of the legal profession:
barristers, who plead cases in upper courts, and solicitors, who prepare
briefs and transact most of the day-to-day duties of a law office. The Inns of
Court train barristers only; they may be 'called to the bar' after three years
of study, but their education continues while 'deviling' as apprentices to
established barristers. Inner Temple and Middle Temple adjoin in a labyrinth
of courts, gardens, halls, libraries, and legal offices. But students of the
two schools, know only one common meeting ground, Temple Church, whose round
sanctuary dates from 1185. Members of the Inner Temple always sit on the right
side of the church, members of the Middle Temple always sit on the left."[20]

Gray's Inn of which Thomas Chetwood was a member is described as
follows:

"Inns of Court - London 1594. The Gray's Inn audience was not so
very unlike the Court audience at Greenwich, except that the Gray's Inn
Gentlemen and their farthingaled guests were much younger, much livelier, and
had worked themselves up during the Christmas season to a fairly advanced
state of foolishness. The whole Christmas season was a golden opportunity for
nonsence, and the boys in the various Inns of Court made the most of it.

"The Inns of Court were the four resident law schools west of
London and trained young gentlemen in that most respectable and profitable of
Elizabethan professions. It was an exceptional nobleman who escaped at least a
few years' training at one of the law schools, and although it was quite true
that not every name entered in the Steward's Book was that of a gentleman, the
training was so expensive that a rich farmer was almost the first
qualification for admission. Since most of the boys were at least technically
members of the gentry, they were given an education 'fit for persons of their
station' and were taught dancing, riding and singing, and how to stage
theatrical productions . . . Gray's Inn was the largest of the Inns of Court
and it was generally conceded that its members excelled in dramatics; but for
their Christmas entertainment of 1594 they hired professional actors. A raised
scaffold at the eastern end of their seventy-foot hall was designed for the
stage, but the Chamberlain's men had a hard time of it that night. The crowd
of spectators at that end of the hall was 'so exceeding great that thereby
there was no convenient room for those that were actors.'

"The chief difficulty seems to have been that too many invitations
had been sent out and the Elizabethan farthingale took up a great deal of
room. But a Christmas revel without 'divers ladies and gentlewomen' would have
been unthinkable at Gray's Inn, whose members took such a happy interest in
the opposite sex that a law had to be passed 'that no laundresses or women
victuallers should thenceforth come into the gentlemen's chambers of this
Society, unless they were full forty years of age, and not send their
maidservants of what age soever.'

"The revels to which the Chamberlains company gave their
professional services were the first since the plague, and there was evidently
a great deal of stored-up enthusiasm to be suddenly released. The evening was
spent in 'dancing and revelling with the gentlewomen' and watching the play;
but the mock formality that had been planned for the evening collapsed so
thoroughly that the fledgling lawyers, who seized on every opportunity to make
fun of the legal procedure they were being taught, held a mock trial the next
day to find out who had been responsible for the lack of dignity in 'out law
sports.'"[21]

The following account of a mock trial involving Thomas Chetwood is
probably similar to the antics of the Gray's Inn students as described above:

"Mr. Thomas Chetwood, Mr. Thomas Sotherne and Mr. Richard Clutton
are called to the Bar.

"'It standeth with the ancient orders of this house that the
Auncients of this societie should take ther breakefast in the hall onely and
not in ther chambers. It is therefore ordered at this pencon that noe
Auncients of this societie shall have any breakfast out of the hall.

"'Noe gent to com within the buttry barr but auncients and all
other gent: under the degree of auncients to take ther Bowyer or their
drinking without, accordinge to the auncient orders of this house.

"'No gent shall have ther pts to ther chambers but every man shall
com into the hall unlesse it be in sicknesse and that to be made knowne to the
steward.

"'Ther shalbe no more to help the Butlers in the buttry then hath
been in tymes past and likewyse in the kitchine.

"'It is ordered at this pencon that the gent: in the hall at
dinner and supper tymes shalbe messed as they sit in order and no ptes to be
served but at the end of a table whereas nowe somtymes 4 sittinge together
every man will have a single pte and that to be a middell pte which is cleane
contrary to the aunciente orders of this house.

"'N one to be served with meat after cheese hath gonn about the
hall, nor none to com downe to fetch his meate at the dresser according to the
auncient orders of this house.

"'The hall to be served with cheese, but the steward and the
butler to agree for the price.

"'It is ordered that the pannierman shall serve the gent: with noe
oysters but in the hall.'"[22]

Sir Richard Chetwood, brother of James Chetwood, "became a member
of the Inner Temple, and was knighted in 1603. . ."[23]

A paragraph of interest on the subject of "knighthood" in the
year 1603 is:

" . . .just before
the coronation. During the first excited months of his reign James had passed
out knighthoods with an almost comically lavish hand, and three or four
hundred knights were made the same day . . . A notice was posted inside St.
Paul's offering a memory course so that Londoners could remember the names of
the new knights, and so many jokes were made on the subject that King James
himself apologized for all the knights he had made."[24]

LINE OF DESCENT

2: From John de Chetwode

(Dr.) Blanche M. Haines believes there is no doubt that Henry Chetwood
of London was a descendant of James (a brother of Sir Richard, the father of
Grace Buckeley).[25]
Therefore the very early generations for James' line of descent would be the
same as those of Grace, up to and including Richard Chetwood third son of
Roger (generation 18). Although generation 22 is not clear, Matthias and the
generations which follow are certain.[26]

The ancestry of Grace Chetwood, daughter of Sir Richard Chetwood, and
second wife of Rev. Peter Buckeley, is described as follows:

"Rev.
Peter Bulkeley's second wife, Grace Chetwood was descended from an ancient
family of Buckinghamshire. It has not been feasible to undertake research in
unpublished English sources, and we rely chiefly on the pedigree from the
parchment roll which some years ago was in the possession of Sir George
Chetwode, Bart., checking this pedigree wherever possible with Visitation
pedigrees and other printed sources. The generations immediately preceeding
Grace are well established; the earlier generations should be accepted subject
to possible correction as to details.

"I
John
de Chetwode, Knt., lord (of the manor, not Baron) of Chetwode in Co.
Buckingham, founder of the Priory of Chetwode.

"IIRobert
Chetwode, lord of Chetwode.

"IIIRaufe de Chetwode, Knt.

"IVRobert Chetwode, lord of Chetwode, flourished 1105; (this date, fifth
year of King Henry 1, is obviously impossible since his grandson flourished
1282-1286. The first five generations are decidedly problematical); m. Sibyl,
dau of Thomas Strange and Annabel, his wife.

"XI(1)Nicholas Chetwode, Knt., son of John, lord ofChetwood and Hoclive,
living 1347-1357; m. Elizabeth, dau and heir of John de Lions, lord of
Warkworth, co. Northampton, by his wife Elice, dau and heir of William de St.
Liz, Esq. Arms of Lions: Argent, a lion, rampant gules, armed and langued
azure. Arms of St. Liz: Argent, two bars and a chief three fleur-de-lis gules.

(2)John Chetwode, son and heir of Robert, living 1363; m. Elizabeth,
sister and heir to William de Okeley, and dau of Stephen de Okeley, lord of
Okeley, co. Stafford, by Maud his wife. Arms of Okeley: Sable, three leopards
heads jessant de lis argent.

"XII(1)John Chetwode, Knt., son and heir of Nicholas, lord of Warkworth,
Chetwode, and Hoclive, died in 1412; m. for his second wife, in 1392/3, Amabel,
daughter of Sir Thomas Greene (1344-1391/2), of Green's Norton, by his wife
Margery Mablethorpe and granddaughter of Sir Henry de Greene, lord Chief
Justice 1353, by his wife Catherine de Drayton. Amabel m. (2) Sir Thomas
Strange, and died in 1430.

(2)John Chetwode, son of John, was of Okeley, co. Stafford, living in
1396; m. Margery. Arms, Chetwode of Okeley; a crescent or for difference.

"XIII(1)Elizabeth Chetwode, daughter and eventual heiress of Sir John, b. (say
1391), and d. at Warkworth, 24 Aug. 1475; m. before 1411, Thomas Wodhull, Knt,
who d. Mar 1421. She carried the estates of the elder Chetwode line into the
Wodhull family, an account of which will be given in the next section. The
direct Wodhull line from Elizabeth ran through Thomas, John, Fulk, Nicholas,
and Anthony, to the dau and heiress of the last, Agnes Wodhull, who married
Richard Chetwood (See XVIII below), thus bringing ownership of Warkworth to
the Junior branch of the Chetwood family.

(2)Roger Chetwood, of Okeley, son and heir of John and Margery; m.
Margery, dau and one of the heirs of David Crew of Pulcroste.

"XIVThomas Chetwood, of Okeley and Worleston, living 1455-1485, son of
Roger, m. Margaret Sound, of Sound, co. Cheshire.

"XVRoger Chetwood, living 1486-1497, son and heir of Thomas, m. Ellen, dau
and heir of William de Ree.

“XVIIIRichard Chetwood, third son of Roger, m. Agness, dau and heir to
Anthony Wodhull of Warkworth, co. Northampton (see XIII (1) above). She was
born in 1542, and died in 1575/6, and m. (2) Sir George Calveley.”[27]

Richard and his wife Agness had two children that are known: Sir
Richard, b. abt. 1560, d. after 1631; married first, Jane, dau and one of the
heirs of Sir William Drewerie; married second, Dorothy, dau of Sir Robert
Needham of Shaventon, co. Shropshire. She was living in 1629. Grace (Chetwood)
Buckeley was a daughter of Richard and his second wife.[28]

XXIThomas Chetwood, merchant of London and Lancaster Co., Va., second son
of Henry Chettwood and Parnell (Harris) Chettwood.[31]
Thomas Chetwood married Elizabeth (Wake?).[32]
They had children: Thomas Chetwood, second; Berkeley; and probably others.[33]

XXII---------- ?

XXIIIMatthias Chetwood, born 1681, died 1755 Cumberland Co., Va. Married
prior to Feb. 15, 1725 to Mary Key, daughter of Richard Key of Northumberland
Co., Va. She was born Jan. 12, 1695.[34]
Their children were: Richard, Mathias, Jr., William, John, and James.

XXXII
John Beach Tombaugh, born Jan. 16, 1942, at Rochester, Fulton County, Indiana.

FIRST GENERATION IN AMERICA

3:Matthias Chetwood (Cheatwood) of

Goochland County, Virginia

Whether Matthias was the son of Berkeley, or of another son of Thomas
Chetwood, first colonist of the name in Lancaster Co., Va., isn't clear.
However, there seems to be little doubt that he was of this family.[37]

Through Mrs. Cecile Buford Becker of San Pedro, California, it was
learned that "In 1695 Matthias was living with Mrs. Elizabeth Banks,
Northumberland Co., Va. - his age being given as fourteen. Certificate was given
to George Espridge and assigned to Mrs. Banks for 450 acres of land for
transporting nine persons from England, including Matthew, or Matthias Chitwood."
This record sets the date of his birth in the year 1681. His will dated 1752 and
proved on Jan. 27, 1755 is recorded in Cumberland Co., Va. under the spelling of
"Marthias Cheatwood".[38]

Matthias Chetwood married Mary Key, prior to February 15, 1725.[39]
He secured a land patent for 400 acres in Goochland County, Va., on July 6,
1741. This land fell, in the division of the counties, into Powhatan or earlier
Cumberland and Chesterfield counties. His will, proved in Cumberland Co., Va.,
named his wife Mary and sons, Richard, to whom he gave 200 acres; Matthias, 100
acres; William, 100 acres; John and James personal property.[40]

4:Mary Key of Northumberland County, Va.

Mary Key, wife of Matthias Chetwood, and dau. of Richard Key of
Northumberland Co., was born Jan. 12, 1695.[41]

There is nothing more to report on the family of Richard Key at this
time. However, research concerning this line of the Chitwood family continues.

5:Children of Matthias and Mary Chetwood.

RICHARD, was mentioned first in his father's will. He and his
wife, Winney, sold to his brother William the 200 acres of land inherited from
his father, and went to Buckingham Co., then to Bedford Co., Va., and finally to
Rutherford Co., North Carolina, where Richard died.[42]

Richard had a son, James, born June 21, 1751, in Cumberland Co., Va. (now
Powhatan) who received a Revolutionary War Pension. James took his family to
Pulaski Co., Ky. around 1800, and secured land patents there. This land fell in
Campbell Co., Tenn., when the state line was resurveyed, and is now a part of
Scott Co., Tenn. James died in Campbell Co., Tenn.[43]

Mr. Ira O. Chitwood of Corbin, Ky., and Mr. and Mrs. Arthur W. Ingersoll
of 2305 Elliston Place, Nashville, Tenn., are working to find the descendants of
Richard and James (sons of Matthias, Sr.) who settled in Tennessee and Kentucky.
Mrs. Ingersoll wrote:

"According
to Mr. Ira Chitwood, and from our own study of East Tennessee records, most of
the Chitwoods there descend from James Chitwood (ca 1751-1839, son of
Richard, son of Matthias). Some of them may descend also, in part, as you
surmise, from an older James, brother of Richard. The problem is in
separating the two lines of Richard and James. The earliest members of the
family in Tennessee probably came out of Rutherford Co., N.C., around
1800."[1]

MATTHIAS, JR., son of Matthias, inherited 100 acres of the Chesterfield
portion of his father's land. He married Mary Fore, widow of Daniel Fore (Faure)
of Henrico Co., and died childless.[2]
The date of Matthias, Jr.'s death is not certain, but a record of inventory
for Mathias Cheatwood, Jr., dated 1773, was located in Chesterfield Co., Va.[3]

WILLIAM CHEATWOOD, birth unknown, death 1787, Powhatan Co., Va. [4]
He inherited 100 acres of land from his father, Matthias, Sr., and bought the
200 acres which Richard, his brother, had inherited. He married Jean ----, who
was of a Huguenot family. Fourteen children were born.[5]

Sillah
(Celia) Cheatwood, m. Jesse Spinner who came from Goochland Co. to Bedford
Co., Va., and became a wealthy land owner. Celia Cheatwood was his first wife.
Celia and Jesse Spinner had one child: Louisa Claiborne Spinner, who m. 1st,
William Gooch, of Goochland Co.; 2nd, Jan. 18, 1820, to Martin Parks Burks, of
Bedford Co., a son of Samuel Burks and Margaret Parks of Amherst County.
Louisa had a family of nine sons. In addition to these she reared seven others
in her family.[9]

Rachel Cheetwood, m. Sep 8, 1779 to Thomas Turpin, sur. John Cheetwood.[10]
Thomas Turpin, whose will was probated in Bedford Co., Mar. 27, 1826, came to
Bedford from Chesterfield Co., Va., sometime after the Rev. War. He was b. ab.
1758, a desc. of Michael Turpin, the emigrant, and was, prob., the grandson of
Philip and Elizabeth Turpin, of Chesterfield. Rachel (Cheatwood) Turpin died
several years after her husband.

JOHN CHITTWOOD (CHITWOOD), SR., ancestor of the Franklin County, Va.
Chitwoods. (see further)

JAMES, son of Matthias, Sr., went to Buckingham County, Va., thence to
Rutherford Co., N.C., where he was the founder of a family of Chitwoods who
went west through Kentucky, Tennessee, Missouri and from there they joined the
forty-niners who went to California. [14]

James, the brother of Richard, had a large family. Shadrack came into
Kentucky with James the son of Richard. The family of Shadrack
scattered, some went to Alabama, other parts of Tennessee and Missouri. Four
sons of Shadrack, Jr., joined the gold rush to California in 1850.[15]

SECOND GENERATION IN AMERICA

6:John Chetwood, Sr., of Franklin Co., Va.

John, son of Matthias and Mary (Key) Chetwood, was born ---- at ----. His
will was written April 1, 1793, and was proved at Franklin County, Virginia, in
Dec. 1798. A copy of this will is on the following pages.[16]

John married Elizabeth Tillotson, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Murray)
Tillotson of Chesterfield County, who deeded John Chetwood and his wife
Elizabeth and granddaughter Ann for love and affection he bore them, land in
Chesterfield County, Va., in 1753. They sold this in 1760. John Chitwood bought
land from Richard Baily in Bedford County in 1782.[17]
This land fell, in the division of counties, into Franklin County, Va. He was
the ancestor of the Chitwood families of Franklin Co., Roanoke, Va., and
Morgantown, W. Va. There were several Revolutionary soldiers in this family.[18]

On Oct. 20, 1779, a Peter Gilliam purchased some land located on "Blackwater
River, adjoining Chirtwood's land.[19]
John, Joel and William Cheetwood are all mentioned as taxpayers of Bedford
County, Va. in 1782.[20]

A list made from the personal property tax book and the land tax book of
1786 for Franklin County, Va., includes the names: Chestwood, Joel; Cheetwood,
John, Sr.; and Chitwood, William.[21]

The tax list mentioned in the preceding paragraph is very important since
Franklin County, Va. was omitted from the 1790 Census.

John Chittwood's will asks that all the goods and chattels that remain
after the death of his wife be equally divided between his three sons, but ne
names only one of these sons -William Chittwood.

Tradition informs us that William, Joel and John, Jr., were brothers.
Only three Chitwood names appear in the early records of Franklin Co.: John,
Sr., Joel, and William.[22]
The Census of 1810 for Franklin Co., Va. shows that John Cheatwood was a
householder in the 45-up age group. This could not refer to John, Sr., since
John, Sr. died in 1798. Therefore this would have to be the third son of John,
Sr., and would seem to confirm the name of the last of the three sons referred
to in the will.

WILL OF JOHN CHITTWOOD, SR.

In
the Name of God Amen, the first day of April in the year of our Lord One
Thousand seven hundred and Ninety-three I JOHN CHITTWOOD being weak in Body, but
sound in mind and memory, thanks be to God, therefore calling to mind the
mortality of my Body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die Do
make and ordain This my last Will and Testament. That is to say principally and
first of all I give and recommend my Soul into the hands of Almighty God that
gave it and my Body I recommend to the Earth to be buried in a decent Christian
Burial at the discretion of my Executors; nothing doubting but to receive the
same at the General Resurrection again by the mighty power of God. And as to
Touching the worldly Estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this
life I give and demise and dispose of the same in the following manner and form.

First
I give and bequeath to ELIZABETH my dearly beloved wife all that part of my land
and plantation which I now occupy during her natural life together with all my
goods and Chattel property (after paying my funeral expenses and all my just
debts) except one Cow and Calf and a Bed and Furniture to it belonging which I
give and bequeath to my granddaughter ELIZABETH CHITTWOOD.

To
my Son, WILLIAM CHITTWOOD I give and bequeath the free enjoyment and emmoliment
of the plantation whereon he now lives and after his mothers death a full right
of the land I now possess to him his Heirs and Assigns forever. And all of goods
and Chattels that may remain after the death of my dear Wife to be equally
divided between my Three Sons.

And
Constitute make and ordain my Son WILLIAM CHITTWOOD sole Executor to this my
last Will and Testament and I do hereby utterly disallow revoke and disannul all
and every other former Testaments Wills Legacies and bequests and Executors by
me any other way before named Willed or bequeathed Ratifying and confirming this
and no other to be my last Will and Testament.

In
Witness whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above written.

Sealed
and Delivered pronounced

Declared
in the presence of

John
ArthurJOHN (X his mark) CHITTWOOD

Susannah
(X her mark) Blankenship(sealed)

Jona
Price

At
a Court held for Franklin County in December 1798, This written Last Will and
Testament of the Within instrument,

JOHN
CHITTWOOD was Proven by the oaths of the Witnesses Thereto Subscribed (hands?)
then same (?) was ordered to be Recorded by the Court.

Elizabeth Tillotson, wife of John Chetwood (or Chittwood), the ancestor
of the Franklin County, Va. Chitwoods, descended from a very old English family.
Elizabeth (Tillotson) Chetwood was a great-great grandmother of Virginia
Franklin Chitwood, to whom this book is dedicated. She and her family are
therefore important and must be included in this book.

Through correspondence with Mrs. James Yancy Jamieson of Falls Church,
Virginia in 1964, whose husband is a great-great-great grandson of William
Tillotson (brother of Elizabeth Tillotson Chetwood), this connection was made
clear. She very graciously sent copies of her records making it possible for the
Tillotson family ancestry to be included in this book. The information on the
pages of this chapter was received by Mrs. J. Y. Jamieson from a Mr. E. Ward
Tillotson of Pittsburgh, Pa., who is to be found in Who's
Who of about 1914 to 1956. Mr. Tillotson has been interested in gathering
Tillotson material since 1930 and has, in the words of Mrs. Jamieson,
"worked at it as a full time relaxation since 1956." He is a
descendant of a John Tillotson of Massachusetts, but is also interested in the
Virginia Tillotsons.

The Tillotson Line

"Haugh-End
is forever rendered famous on account of that excellent Prelate Archbishop
Tillotson, who drew his first breath here, and whose pedigree is as follows:

"Nicholas
de Tilston, Lord of Tilston, in Cheshire, had:

"John
de Tilston, who had:

"Nicholas
de Tilston, (9th year of Edward III) who had:

"John
Tilston, of Tilston, who m. Johanna, third daughter of Thomas Danyers, of
Bradley, in Cheshire, by whom:

"Robert
Tilston, of Tilston, who had:

"Roger
Tilston, of Tilston, Esq., in the time of Henry V., who m. Catherine, second
daughter of Sir John Leigh, of Baguley in Cheshire, knt, by whom:

"Thomas
Tilston of Tilston, esq, who married Elizabeth, dau and heiress of Hugh Heath of
Huxley, in Cheshire, by whom:

I. Hugh Tilston of Huxley, esq. (one authority calls him John).

II.Richard Tilston. This Richard married Maude, dau of Richard Bostock, by
whom (1) Thomas who had issue; (2) Richard, of Newport in Shropshire, knt, by
whom was born Ralph Tilston of Goldeston, and Tristam Tilston; (other children
were born)

III.Thomas Tilston, of Wookliff, in the parish of Carlton, in Craven.

IV.William Tilston.

"Thomas
Tilston (of Wookliff) changes his name from Tilston to Tillotson, as I was
informed by late Rev. Mr. Tillotson, of St. Paul's School, who heard his father
say that the name was altered as above. The said Mr. Tillotson's father was told
so by his grandfather, who was father to the Archbishop and who might remember
his Grandfather Thomas who altered it. This Thomas had:

"George
Tillotson, who married Eleanor, dau of Ellis Mutter of Pendle-Forest in
Lancashire, by whom:

"Robert
Tillotson, of Sowerby, who was buried at Sowerby Feb. 22, 1682/3, aged 91, having married Mary, dau of
Thomas Dobson of the Stones in Sowerby, by whom:

III.Joshua, of London, who had: (1) John, who died in East Indies; (2)
Elizabeth, who died in the East Indies; (3) Robert, who was M. A. Fellow in
Clare-Hall, afterwards Rector of Elme cum Elmneath, and who died childless at
Cambridge, Nov. 12, 1735, age 62.

II.John, second son of Israel, had: (Mary, who m. Richard Windsor of London,
by whom one son and two daus: (2) Elizabeth

"Joshua
Tillotson, was of Sowerby and died in 1747, having married Martha, dau of James
Stansfield, of Sowerby, by whom:

I.John (who came to Virginia)

II.Joshua, M.A. Surmaster of St. Paul's school, who d. Aug. 1763.

III.Mary

IV.Elizabeth

V.Hannah

VI.Martha

"John
Tillotson - First Generation in America.

Son of Joshua and Martha (Stansfield) Tillotson, b. 1704, in Sowerby,
Yorkshire, England; d. ca. 1766, in Chesterfield Co., Va. He was married to
Elizabeth Murray. His will of 1766 names children, John, Thomas, Elizabeth and
Mary.[24]

'Some of the scenes of Mrs. Wheeler's novel, Hearts
Courageous, are laid at Gladden Hall, Mecklenburg Co., Va., the old
Tillotson seat which is now owned by descendants of Mrs. William Jameson,
daughter of Nancy Tillotson Yancey. The heroine of the story, Anne Tillotson, is
drawn from her great-great-great aunt of the same name, who is buried in the
family graveyard on the same estate. Another scene (Tarleton's Raid) in the same
novel is laid at Castle Hill, the seat of William Cabell Rives.[26]

The names of only four of these children have been located. There could
have been more. These children are not necessarily named in order of their
birth.

ANNBirthdate unknown but it is certain that she was born sometime prior to
1753, the date of John Tillotson's deed "to John Chetwood and his wife
Elizabeth and granddaughter Ann".

Nothing further is known of Ann.

JOEL

Birth and death dates unknown, but tradition tells us he never married.

He was a tax payer of Bedford Co., Va., in 1782, where his name is
spelled Cheetwood.[28]
Also, the personal property and land tax book for Franklin Co., Va., in 1786
records his name as "Joel Chestwood".[29]

He was evidently alive at the time of the writing of his father's will in
1793. He is not shown as a householder in the Census of 1810. Nothing further is
known.

WILLIAM

Birth date unknown; died Feb. 28, 1822 in Franklin County, Va.; m. in
Bedford County, Va., 1777 to Susannah Nowlin.

(See further)

JOHN,
JR.

Born 1754; died 1831; married Rhoda ----

(See further)

WILLIAM
CHITWOOD (Chittwood, Cheatwood)

Born - (date unknown), in Virginia. He died Feb, 28, 1822, in Franklin
Co., Va. (see following affidavit signed by Susanah Cheatwood) His burial place
is not known.

He married May 1, 1777 at Bedford Co., Va. (prob. at New London, located
about 50 miles from his home). His wife was Susanna Nowlin, born ca 1754, died
1842, in Franklin Co., Va. The records which follow state that he brought his
bride home to "old John Chitwood's the father of William Chitwoods"
and announced that they were married.

William Chitwood was named sole Executor to his father's will written in
1793. He appears as William Cheetwood, tax payer of Bedford Co., Va. in
1782 (see p. 23); as William Chitwood, tax books of Franklin Co., Va. in
1786 (see p. 23); as William Chittwood in his father's will of 1793; and
as William Cheatwood and Chitwood in the National Archives Records
which follow. He appears in both the 1810 and 1820 Census records for Franklin
Co., Va., as householder.

William Chitwood-Cheatwood was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, and
was at Yorktown at the time of the surrender of Cornwallis. There are many
documents concerning William Chitwood on file in the National Archives Bldg.,
Washington, D.C. Copies of these follow:

State
of VirginiaFranklin CountyS.S.,

On the 30th day of September 1839 personally appeared before me a Justice
of the Peace for said County SUSANAH CHEATWOOD a resident of said County aged
about eighty five years who being first sworn according to law doth on her oath
make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision
made by the several acts of Congress infavour of the widows of deceased Soldiers
of the Revolution - That she is the Widow of WILLIAM CHITWOOD who was a private
in the Militia of Virginia during the Revolutionary War, and served a Tour of
three months at Cabin Point the names of the officers under whom he served and
the dates of his enlistment and discharge are not now known to her. He also
served a three months term at Portsmouth in this State under Capt John Trigg in
Colonel Merewethers Regiment the year before the seige of York and he also
served a tour of three months under the same Captain at Yorktown where he was
attached to Colo. Tucker's Regiment, and was at the Memorable surrender of
Cornwallace at that place. His discharges have all been lost or destroyed. She
also declares that she was married to the said WILLIAM CHITWOOD about the 1st of
May 1777 as well as she now remembers. That the said WILLIAM CHEATWOOD died on
the 28th day of February 1822 and that she has not since married - That she was
married to the said WILLIAM CHITWOOD before he entered into the service
aforesaid. That there is no record evidence of her marriage within her knowledge
-

She further states that she had by her said husband the following
children, DICEY, JOEL, SQUIRE, FRANCES, MATHIAS, and SARAH who all living except
Squire

SUSANAH (her X mark) CHEATWOOD

Sworn to and subscribed on the day & year within mentioned before me
a Justice of the peace for the said County, and I also certify that the said
SUSANAH CHEATWOOD is very old and infirm and in my opinion is unable to attend
Court. Given under my hand and Seal this 30th September 1839 -

Saml Helm J.P. (Seal)

________________

VirginiaFranklin CountySS

On the 30th day of September 1839 - Personally appeared before the
undersigned a Justice of the peace for the County aforesaid, Elizabeth Campbell.
Who being first duly sworn according to law deposeth and sayeth that she was at
old JOHN CHITWOOD's the father of WILLIAM CHITWOODS at the time Sd WILLIAM was
married and came home (the marrying in them days was in the neighborhood of New
London called the Glebe from where they lived say 50 miles) to his Fathers with
his wife SUSANNA and it was pronounced they ware marryed and it never has been
mention to my knowledge but what they ware marryed & they always live
together as man and wife untill his death and the Sd SUSANNA CHITWOOD has never
married since the death of Sd WILLIAM CHITWOOD always living a close neighbor
ever since they ware married.

Elizabeth (her X mark) Campbell

Sworn
& Subscribed before me the 30th September 1839 and I also certify that the
deponant Elizabeth Campbell is a woman of fair character and her statements upon
oath is entitelled to full credit the date above stated given under my hand
& Seal

Saml Helm J.P. (Seal)

__________________

State
of VirginiaCounty of Franklin

On this 3 day of December 1853 personally appeared before me a Justice of
the peace in and for said County, John Blankenship aged 85 years and William
Stewart aged 92 years, who, being first duly sworn according to law, declare
that SUSANNA CHEATWOOD was the widow of WILLIAM CHEATWOOD who was a
revolutionary Soldier and resided for many years in the aforesaid County &
State - that they became well acquainted with Sd WILLIAM CHEATWOOD & SUSANNA
his wife during the revolutionary war and continued well acquainted with them
until their deaths - that they were living together as husband and wife when
they respectively became acquainted with them and were always realized as such -
that they always understood from the said WILLIAM CHEATWOOD that he served
several tours of duty in said war and that they well recollect when said WILLIAM
CHEATWOOD went to Yorktown at the time of the Surrender of Cornwallis.

That said Revolutionary soldier died in the County of Franklin and State
of Virginia on ___ day of ____ in the year 1822; and that the said SUSANNA was
married to him, the said WILLIAM CHEATWOOD in the County of ____ State of ____
on the ___ day of ____ in the year ____ and that previous thereto her name was
SUSANNA NOWLIN as they believe and that they have derived the above information
in regard to said service, marriage and death of said Revolutionary soldier, in
the manner, above stated as to the service and marriage - and as to their death
from living within a few miles of Said WM & SUSANNA CHEATWOOD at the dates
of their respective deaths - they also declare that Said SUSANNA also died in
Said County on the ___ day of ____, 1842 leaving the following children
surviving her Viz: DISIA, JOEL, SQUIRE, FRANKEY, MATHEW and SALLEY wife of Eli
Perdue. And that the following named are still alive Viz - JOEL, FRANKEY, MATHEW
and SALLEY The wife of Eli Purdue.

They further declare that she remained a widow till her death and that
they are disinterested in making these affidavits.

John (his X mark) Blankenship

William (his X mark) Stuart

Sworn and subscribed the day and year above written; and it is hereby
certified that the affiants are credible persons and are old and infirm and not
able to attend in Court.

James C. Harper, J.P

*William
Stuart is now a pensioner - see Certificate No. 5,726.

_______________

State
of VirginiaCounty of Franklin To
Wit.

On this 5" day of December, 1853, personally appeared before the
County Court of said County now sitting Charles L. Haley, a resident of
Pittsylvania County and State aforesaid, aged 50 years, who, being first duly
sworn according to law, doth, on his oath make the following declaration in
order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the Act of Congress,
passed on the fourth day of July, 1836, granting pensions to widows of persons
who served during the Revolutionary War: That he is the Administrator of SUSANNA
CHEATWOOD Deceased who was the widow of WILLIAM CHEATWOOD decs'd a late
Revolutionary Soldier That he has been informed that said WILLIAM CHEATWOOD
entered the Service of the United States in the year 1779 and served three
months as a private of Virginia Militia at Cabin Point in said State - that he
afterwards in the year 1780 served three months more at Portsmouth in Said State
as a private in Captain Triggs Company in a Regiment of Virginia Militia
Commanded by Col. Merriwether - and in the year 1781 that he served three months
more in the company of Captain Trigg in a Regiment of Va. Militia commanded by
Col. Tucker during which term of Service he has understood the Said WM CHEATWOOD
was at the Seige of Yorktown - that the Said SUSAN CHEATWOOD did in September
1839 apply for a pension under the act of 4" July 1836 as the widow of Said
WM. CHEATWOOD, that she proved the last two terms of Service of her Said husband
by one Martin Woody a Revolutionary Soldier & pensioner who served in the
same Company with Said CHEATWOOD in the years 1780 & 1781 -that he learns
that Said service is admitted by the Pension Department: and that proof of her
marriage being considered defective he now renews the application for pension
due and adduces the best proof in his power.

He further declares that Said SUSANN was married to the said WILLIAM
CHEATWOOD about the first day of May, in the year one Thousand Seven hundred and
Seventy Seven in the County of Bedford and State of Virginia as he is informed
by one duly authorized by law to administer the rites of matrimony, and that her
name previous to marriage was SUSANNA NOWLIN: and that he has no other proof of
said marriage than that herewith presented: that her said husband died in the
County of Franklin State of Virginia in the early part of the year, 1822; that
she was married to him prior to his leaving the Service above described and at
the above time stated. He further declares that she remainded a widow until the
day of her death and that she also died in the County of Franklin and State of
Virginia on the ___ day of ____ in the year 1842 - and left the following named
children surviving her Vis DISIA, JOEL, SQUIRE, FRANKEY, MATTHEW and SALLY, wife
of Eli Perdue and that the following are still alive Vis - JOEL, FRANKEY,
MATTHEW and SALLY wife of Eli Perdue and he further declares that her name is
not on the Pension list of the Army (?) of any State whatever.

Charles L. Haley

Sworn
to and subscribed on the day and year above written before the Said County Court
now Sitting and it is hereby certified that the applicant is a credible person,
&c.

R M TaliaferroJ.P.

and Chairman of the Court.

_______________

WILL OF WILLIAM CHEATWOOD

In
the name of God, Amen, I WILLIAM CHEATWOOD of the County of Franklin and State
of Virginia, being low in helth though of sound memory make this my last Will
and Testament, first, I commit my soul to God who gave it, I my body to the dust
from whence it comes hoping it to be buried in a decent and Christianally manner
& after my death as for my worldly goods, after paying my burial expence and
all my just debts, I give and bequeath to my wife SUSANNAH CHEATWOOD, all my
land and possions as long as she liveth, also one bed stead and furniture - one
choice Cow and Calf, two choice hogs to fatten, all the rest of the loose
property to be sold at the hiest bidder and the money to be divided among my
children, my son SQUIRE and MATHIAS, SALLY PERDUE, FRANKY, as for my son JOEL
CHEATWOOD he is in my debt one hundred dollars for which he is to keep for all
his claim against my estate; I leave and desire my son MATHIAS CHEATWOOD and Ely
Perdue to act and be my executors of my Estate. In witness whereof I have
hereunto set my hand and Seal this ---teenth day of February One Thousand eight
hundred and twenty two. I also Will to my dauter DYSEY McMOLLEN the sum of five
Dollars and no more.

WILLIAM CHEWOOD (Seal)

Test.

Stephen
Sink

Henry
Board

Clabon
(his mark) Bond

At
a Court held for Franklin County at the Courthouse the 6" day of May 1822.

This
last Will and Testament of WILLIAM CHITWOOD deceased was produced in Court by
the Executors herein named, and proved by the oaths of Stephen Sink, Henry Board
and Claborne Bond the witnesses hereto and ordered to be recorded; And on the
motion of MATTHIAS CHITWOOD and Eli Perdue the Executors herein named, who took
the Oaths prescribed by Law, and together with Asa Wood and SQUIRE CHITWOOD
their securities entered into and acknowledged their bond in the penalty of -
conditions according to law certificate is granted them for obtaining probat in
due form.

Teste

Caleb Tate. C.F.C.

State
of Virginia

County
of FranklinTo Wit:

I Robert A. Scott Clerk of the County Court in and for the County and
State aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true transcript from
the records of the said Court

.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and annex the Seal of the
said Court this 26" day of October A.D. 1850 in the 78"year of the
Commonwealth.

The
preceding documents prove that William and Susannah (Nowlin) Chitwood had six
children. Information on the families of these children follows.

Disia
(Dicey, Dysey) Chitwood

Birth
and death unknown. She was living in 1839 at the time of her mother's
application for a Revolutionary War Widow's Pension, but not in December 1853 at
the time of the sworn declaration of Charles Haley.

Disia's name is
recorded in her father's will as: Dysey McMollen. Nothing further is known.

Squire
Chitwood

Squire's
birth occurred between 1765 and 1784. An affidavit signed by his mother on Sept.
30, 1839 states that he was no longer living at that time.[32]
His death must have occurred sometime between 1820 and 1839, and can probably be
narrowed down even more to between 1820 and 1830 since he was not listed in the
1830 census.

Squire married Mary Wray, dau of Benj., on Jan. 5, 1801, with Benj. Wray
sur.[33]He
appears as householder of Franklin County, Va. in both 1810 and 1820 Census
Records, but not in 1830. Eight children were in his household between the years
of 1801 and 1810, as indicated by the 1810 and 1820 Census records. The names of
these children have not been located.

Nothing further has been learned.

Franky
(Frances) Chitwood

Nothing
definite is known about Frances. There is a record of a householder of Franklin
County, Va. in the 1840 Census by the name of Franky, age 50-60 (birth date
1780-90) who probably is Franky, dau of William and Susannah. In 1850, the
Census records a householder Frances Chitwood, age 60 (born 1790, in Va.). Her
household in 1850 included: Omey, 20; Sarah, 11; Shelton W.,7; Nancy M., 4;
Lucinda, 4; Spence,1.

Nothing further is known.

Mathias
(Matthew, Mathew) Chitwood

Mathias
appears as householder in the 1820-1830-1840 Census records for Franklin County,
Va. From the 1830 Census we learn that his birth date was between 1790 and 1800.
His death occurred some time after 1843.[1]
He does not appear in the Franklin Co., Va. Census records for 1850.

From Census records we find that there were eleven children in this
family, probably born between the years 1818 and 1840.

Nothing further is known.

Sarah
(Sally) Chitwood

Sally
was identified in her father's will as the wife of Eli (or Ely) Perdue. The
census record of 1820 for Franklin Co., Va. tells us that Eli Perdue was a
householder that year, in the 26-45 age group (birth 1775-94). (The records of
Mrs. L. L. Steffey of Bristol, Tenn., give his birth date to be 1789) In the
household of Eli Perdue is a female 16-26 yrs (birth 1794-1804), and this must
be his wife Sally. The record further shows three children under the age of 10.
Sally and Eli Perdue do not appear in the 1830 or 1840 census records. Mrs. L.
L. Steffey (aforementioned) tells that this family moved to Sumner Co., Tenn.,
near Nashville.

Because of similarity of names, it should be pointed out that Eli Perdue
(who m. Sally Chitwood of the preceding paragraph) had a brother named
Zacchariah. Zacchariah Perdue had a son named Eli Perdue, who m. Mary A. W.
Mitchell, dau of Wm. on Feb. 15, 1848, sur. Agnacious Mitchell.[4]

Joel
Chitwood

Born
- ca 1777-78, in Va.[5]
Records of Joseph H. Chitwood, Roanoke, Va., place the year of his death in
1856.

Joel could have married a second time, for it is on record that Joel
Chitwood m. Elizabeth Rigney on Oct. 20, 1815.[8]
The Census of 1850 for Franklin Co., Va. gives the name of Joel Chitwood, a
householder, 73 years (born 1777), a cooper, and with him are: Elizabeth, age
56; Caroline 28 (b.ca 1822); and Amanda, age 4 (b. ca 1846).

Census records show that during the years of 1810-1830, there were eight
children in the family of Joel. The names of all of these eight children have
not been found. A letter dated April 10, 1928, written by Joseph H. Chitwood of
Roanoke, Va., addressed to The Abridged
Compendium of American Genealogy, F. A. Virkus & Co., Publishers,
Chicago, Ill., tells:

"My Great-grandfather, Joel Chitwood, had five sons all of whom were
living within my recollection. Four of them spelled their names Chitwood,
including my grandfather Randolph Chitwood, and one spelled his name Cheatwood."[9]

Having found no Bible or other written record of proof, I am relying
solely on tradition for the names of four of the possible eight children of
Joel:

Randolph
Chitwood, b. 1800, d. 1895, of Franklin Co., Va. The 1850 Census shows that
he was born ca 1802, as he was then 48 years old.

He m. Dec. 2, 1831, to Celia Dillon. Sur. was Wm. Harrison, minister
Moses Greer.[10]
Celia (Dillon) Chitwood was the dau of Wm. and Frances (Blankenship) Dillon, and
she d. 1882. Randolph and Celia had 4 sons in the C.S.A.[11]

A letter dated 1964 from Mamie D. (Mrs. Leonard) Hodges of Rocky Mount,
Va. (who d. Jan. 1965), a granddaughter of Sally, tells that her
great-grandfather was Randolph Chitwood, and that he had the following sons:
Henry, Squire, Jack and Joe; and two daughters: Sarah (nick-named Sally) and
Fanny. The 1850 Census for Franklin Co., Va. confirms this and gives us the name
of one more, Randolph.

Served in Confederate Army, with Co. A, 37th Bn., Va. Cav. CSA; With Gen.
Jubal A. Early when his army appeared before Washington, July 1864, and came in
sight of the national Capitol. (See First
Families of America, Vol. III, for portrait.

Edmund
Chitwood, dates not known. A letter dated Dec. 10, 1964, from Dr. Oliver
Perry Chitwood to Jean (Cragun) Tombaugh, names Edmund as one of the sons of
Joel Chitwood. He states also that Edmund lived in Carrol County, and had two
children: Randolph, and Amanda who m. Chapman Watson.

It isn't certain, but this could be the same Edmond who m. Mary Seay,
Oct. 18, 1832. Sur. Abram B. Seay, minister Moses Greer.[22]

Squire
Chitwood, a name also given by Dr. O. P. Chitwood in aforementioned letter,
who never married.

Matthias
(or Mat) Chitwood, name given by Dr. O. P. Chitwood in aforementioned
letter. This Matthias Chitwood lived in Roanoke County, Va., according to Dr. O.
P. Chitwood.

Nothing further is known.

THIRD GENERATION IN AMERICA

9:John Chitwood, Jr., of Franklin Co., Va.

John Chitwood, Jr., son of John and Elizabeth (Tillotson) Chetwood, was
born in Virginia in 1754, county unknown.[23]
John, Jr., was six years old when his father sold their Chesterfield County
property.

John Chitwood died on October 30, 1831 at 77 years, when his son,
William, was 46 years old.[24]
The belief is that he was buried a few miles from Rocky Mount, in Franklin Co.,
in an old Chitwood Cemetery, located within a half-mile of "Graveyard
Hollow Cemetery". (as told to Mae Chitwood Cheatham of Rocky Mount, by her
father, Walter Thomas Chitwood) The grave is unmarked. A very old cemetery,
believed to be where John Chitwood, Jr., was buried, was visited by Jean (Cragun)
Tombaugh of Rochester, Ind., and Mr. and Mrs. Walter Holland of Roanoke, Va., in
October, 1963. The area was very difficult to enter. A high embankment had to be
climbed, and bushes waded through. The graves within the fenced area were mostly
marked with field stones with no inscriptions. Only five graves had markers for
identification: Annie E. Chitwood, James E. Chitwood, Sarah E. Kennett, Infant
of Lee and Vicie Chitwood, and one that was barely readable which appeared to be
J H T J Dec. 23, 1888 (or 1883?)

John Chitwood, Jr.'s wife's name was Rhoda. I have been unable to locate
her family name. However, research will continue. By adding 20 years to the
birth date of John, Jr., and, by keeping in mind the birth date of a son,
William, we are able to arrive at an approximate year for the marriage of John,
Jr., and Rhoda - some time between 1775 and 1785. He probably went to New London
to be married, as did his brother, William. New london was located in Bedford
Co. until 1782, and was the largest town in all that part of the state. It was
the seat of one of the District Courts, and also a social center for that
section as well. Since the county was so large it wook many of the people too
long to travel to the county seat. After numerous petitions Bedford County gave
up its territory to form the new county of Campbell. New London was located in
this new area. And, in 1786, Bedford county gave once again for the formation of
Franklin, to which Henry County also contributed.[25]

Records on file in the National Archives Building in Washington, D. C.,
show that a John Chetwood (also Chitwood) served in the Revolutionary War as a
"soldier of the Virginia Line on Continental Establishment." Copies of
these records follow:

John
Chitwood Sol. Inf. appears in a Book * under the following heading:

A
List of Soldiers of the Virginia Line on Continental Establishment who have
received Certificates for the balance of there full pay Agreeable to an Act of
Assembly passed November Session 1781.

By
whom ReceivedhimselfDay when ----, 17 ----

Sum
£16-5

*
This book bears the following certificate:

This Register contains a true abstract of all the Certificates issued at
the Auditor's Office to Officers & Soldiers of the Virginia line on
Continental establishment.

J. Pendleton, Auditor

Audrs
Office, 1 Augt 1792

Teste:
J. Carter.R W Pearon

Vol.
176, page 116 (547)Copyist.

_______________

John
Chetwood P., Flemings Company Appears on an Account stated as follows:

General
the first draft by Lieut Hopson at Baltimore and in whoes hands' (Revolutionary
War.)

Account
dated --- Not dated, 17.
Dollars pr mo, 6-2/3

In
whoes Hands:Paymr, £.-.-

Capt
Jewitts deceased, ---- Cap Lipscombs, ----, Capt Youngs, ----

_______________

Jno
ChetwoodPt.Flemings CompanyAppears
on an account of Lieut Hopson's 2d draft And by whome stoped from the Soldiers.
(Revolutionary War)

Account
dated ---- Not dated, 17. Dolls
per Mo., 2-2/3

In
whoes hands: P.Mr, £

Capt
Jewitt, ---- Capt. Lipscombs, ---- Capt Youngs, ---

John Chitwood is on the Company Muster Roll as Pvt. in Capt. Charles
Fleming's Co., 7th Virginia Reg't of Foot, commanded by Alexander McClenachan
Esq., Revolutionary War, in the Rifle Regiment. He shows as having enlisted on
Feb. 2, 17--. (Muster Roll for month of June 1777. Roll dated July 10, 1777)

His name is there for the months of June and July, 1777. The Muster Roll
for the months of August, Sept., Oct., Nov. and Dec., 1777, show him present
with the additional information that he had enlisted to serve until April 10,
1778. He was present on the Muster Roll for Jan., 1778; and for the month of
Feb., 1778 was:

"Remarks: Dischd 16" Feb 1778."

Company Pay Roll included John Chitwood's name for the months of June
through Nov., 1777. Pay Roll for the month of Apl 7, 1778:

"Pay 6-2/3 Dolls Mileage 3-1/3 Dolls Remarks: Discharged."

Company Pay Roll for the month of Dec., 1778:

"When time expires 16 Feb./78 Time of service 2 mo 16 days Pay per
month 6-2/3 Dolls. Amount 5.1.4"

_______________

During the years 1786-1788, there were many references to John Chitwood
in Franklin County Records in which his name is spelled Cheetwood and Chitwood.[29]
Although these references could refer to John Chitwood, Sr., as well as John,
Jr., I am placing them here at this time. It might be noted that these entries
occurred approximately ten years after John Chitwood received his discharge from
Revolutionary War service. These concern a variety of things, viz: serving on
jury duty, recording of deeds, entering into bond for others, etc., 47 items in
all. The following one, concerning John Chitwood, is on page 78 (entitled page
146, July Court 1787) and is a little different:

Information being given to court by the D. States attorney that John
Chitwood had opposed the sheriff of this county in the collection of the publick
taxes, and for declaring himself determined not to pay his own taxes, and also
for resisting the sherriff & continuing to stand in opposition and also for
saying he ought to go to goal, but that the court nor all their friends could
not carry him there, it is therefore ordered by the court that he be find ten
pounds & to be imprisoned till he pays the same & then to give two
securities for his good behavoir the s'd Chitwood in the sum of £20 & his
securities in the sum of £10 each. Whereupon the said Chitwood w'th Thomas
Arthur & Isaac Rentfro his securities came into court and severally ack'd
themselves indebted to the Com. Wealth of Virginia in the sum of £10, that is
to say, the s'd Chitwood in the sum of £20 & the s'd Arthur & Rentfro
in the sum of ten pounds each to be levied on their respective goods and
chattels land & Tenements upon condition the s'd Chitwood does not behave
himself in an orderly manner to all the officers of this county for a twelve
months & a day.

The following record concerns John Chitwood, and furnishes proof of the
name of his wife.

This indenture made 7th day of January, 1805, between JOHN CHITWOOD and
RHODA, his wife, and DAVID CUSTARD (Custer) and JANE, his wife of Franklin
County of the one part, and DUDLEY LUMSDEN of the same county of the other part,
witnesseth that they, the said JOHN CHITWOOD and DAVID CUSTARD for and in
consideration of the just and full sum of one hundred pounds to them paid in
hand, the receipt whereof doth acknowledge, hath given, granted, bargained and
sold and by these presents doth give, grant, bargain and sell unto him the said
DUDLEY LUMSDEN one certain tract or parcel of land, containing one hundred and
ten acres be the same, more or less and bounded as followeth: to wit, Beginning
on a Red O. thence North NE 160 poles to a Sp. O, thence with a strate line to
the N.E. fork of Canoe Branch thence down the same as it meanders to Blackwater,
thence up the river as it meanders to a Birch on Campbell line, with his line to
a Hickory on Maple Branch, thence up the same of the Beginning together with all
and singular and appurtenances there unto belonging to have and to hold the said
bargained sums - promises unto him, the said DUDLEY LUMSDEN his heirs and
assigns forever, and against them the said JOHN CHITWOOD and RHODA, his wife and
DAVID CUSTARD and JANE, his wife, their heirs and assigns or any other person
having any just claim to the said bargained land and premises, and they the said
JOHN CHITWOOD and RHODA, his wife, and DAVID CUSTARD, their heirs and assigns
doth warrant and forever defend. In witness whereof they have hereunto set their
hands and seal, the day and year first above written.

JOHN CHITWOOD (seal)

DAVID CUSTARD (seal)

At a Court held for Franklin County at the Courthouse the Seventh day of
January 1805, this indenture of bargain and sale between JOHN CHITWOOD and DAVID
CUSTER of the one part, and DUDLEY LUMSDEN of the other part was acknowledged by
the said JOHN CHITWOOD and DAVID CUSTER and ordered to be recorded.[30]

10:Rhoda ----, wife of John Chitwood, Jr.

The preceding indenture of bargain and sale proves that the first name of
the wife of John Chitwood, Jr. was Rhoda. Other than that, nothing is known of
her. Research continues.

11:Children of John and Rhoda Chitwood

The Census record of 1810 for Franklin Co., Va. indicates that there
could have been seven children in the household of John and Rhoda. Five of these
have been found. There is also a possibility (not proven) that Sally Chitwood,
born 1783, married to Dudley Lumsden in 1802, was also a daughter of John and
Rhoda. Since she married in 1802 she would not necessarily appear in the
household of John and Rhoda in the 1810 Census. If she was a daughter, then
there would have been eight children instead of seven in this family. However,
the parentage of Sally Chitwood is still not proven, so we will assume that John
and Rhoda had only seven children:

The 1840 Census of Franklin Co., Va., reveals that John Bousman was a householder with wife, and four children: 2
under 5 yrs, and 2 5-10yrs. Nothing further is known.

7.---- (dau), born 1800-1810

JOEL
CHITWOOD(3)

Joel's birth date is not certain. Walter Thomas Chitwood, (grandson of
Richard, a brother of Joel) said that Joel was a bachelor son of John Chitwood,
Jr. The will copied below is believed to have been written for this Joel
Chitwood. Nothing is known of the heirs mentioned in the will.

WILL OF JOEL CHITWOOD

I, JOEL CHITWOOD being of sound mind and disposing memory and feeling
that life is uncertain do make the following disposition of my property. In the
first place I desire that in the event my mother, RHODA CHITWOOD should survive
me, my executor hereafter named shall maintain her furnishing all that may be
necessary for her comfort and support during her life and at her death shall
defray the expense of her burial out of my estate. Secondly, I desire that my
just debts shall be paid and in the event that I do not leave money enough due
me to pay them, then and in that event my executor shall sell so much of my
perishable property as will be necessary so to do. Thirdly, I desire that all my
personal property of every name, kind, and description, after the payments of my
just debts, together with my dwellig house and the garden and so much of my land
as my executor may think it to be interest of ABIGAIL HAMBRICK and her three
sons, THOMAS, WILLIAM and CHARLES EDMOND to have in the possession shall be and
remain in the possession of the said ABIGAIL HAMBRICK until her son THOMAS
arrives at the age of twenty-one years and that she shall have the use of all my
furniture of every description and the increase of my stock to enable her to
take care of and maintain her three children named above. Fourthly, I desire
that my executor shall rent out the rest of my land after making the allowance
that he may think proper to the said ABIGAIL HAMBRICK and appropriate the
[illegible] thereof to the execution and maintenance of my[34]
three sons named above, THOMAS, WILLIAM and CHARLES EDMOND HAMBRICK, children of
the above named ABIGAIL HAMBRICK until the said THOMAS HAMBRICK shall arrive at
the age of twenty-one years then and at that time I desire that all my lands
shall be equally divided between the said THOMAS HAMBRICK and allotted to
WILLIAM and CHARLES EDMOND to remain in the possession and under the control of
my executor until they shall respectively arrive at the age of 21 years.
Fifthly, I appoint my friend OTEY HAMBRICK executor of this last Will and
Testament.

Otey Hambrick, executor of Joel's will, is thought by Mrs. Willis (Mae
Belle Chitwood) Cheatham of Rocky Mount, Va., to be the same Otey who married
Feb. 6, 1832, Frances Chitwood, Sur. Joel Chitwood, minister Moses Greer;[36]
and that the grave marker confirms this. Mrs. Cheatham further states that Otey
Hambrick was a good friend of her grandfather, John Henry Chitwood, although
years older than John Henry (John Henry Chitwood, son of Richard who was brother
of Joel).

Further, from Mrs. Cheatham, Samuel Hambrick was a son of the
aforementioned Otey Hambrick, executor of Joel's will. Samuel Hambrick was
killed in the Civil War, and is buried, she said, 1-1/2 miles from her home

Mrs. Willis Cheatham believes that Joel Chitwood, being a bachelor son of
John and Rhoda, was probably buried in the same cemetery as his parents. She
believes this to be on a farm now owned [1965] by Arthur Hodges, located about
1-1/2 miles from Mrs. Cheatham's home. It is about 1-1/2 miles from highway 919,
north of Rocky Mount, Va. This farm, she said, was owned by John, Jr., then his
son, Richard, and then was cut up and sold to others; her father, Walter Thomas
Chitwood, bought 186 acres of it, and her brother, James O. Chitwood, owns it
now and lives on it.

Richard was married Feb. 1, 1830, to Elizabeth "Betsy"
Kitchen(er) by the minister Moses Greer, sur. Chesley Kitchen(er).[38]
Elizabeth Kitchen(er) was born in Franklin Co., Va. about 1800, dau of Caleb
Kitchener, and Mary (Arrington) Kitchener.[39]

The Census Records of 1850, for Franklin Co., Va., tell that Richard
Chitwood's occupation was farming, and that all of his family were born in Va.
Included in his family was a Mary Wood (or Hood?) age 24 (birth date, 1826),
whose connection with this family is not clear.

Children
of Richard and Elizabeth Chitwood:

1.John Henry Chitwood, born ca 1832 in Franklin Co., Va.; died Nov. 15,
1882, bur. Angle Cemetery, near mouth of Little Creek, Franklin Co., Va. He was
a veteran of the Civil War. There is a marker at his grave. Mrs. Willis (Mae
Belle Chitwood) Cheatham, a granddaughter, has his oath of allegiance, and his
army discharge.[40]

Married 1st - Elizabeth Bernard, born Franklin Co., Va., a dau of Robert
and Sallie Ann (Scott) Bernard.

2.Judith
Chitwood, born ca 1834, at Franklin Co., Va., d. ----, and bur. in Franklin Co,
Va., in Brick Church of Brethren Church Cemetery; married, in Franklin Co., Va.,
to Noah Wirtz, son of Isaac Wertz.

3Rhoda
Ann Chitwood,[49]born ca 1838, in Franklin Co., Va.; died ----, and bur. in Franklin Co.,
Va. She married Apr. 15, 1863 in Franklin Co., Va. to Joseph Altice (his second
wife). Joseph Altice was born in 1812 in Franklin Co.,[50]
and died and was bur. in the same county and state. He was the father of Jacob,
who married Susan Chitwood, Rhoda Ann's youngest sister.

4.Abigail
Chitwood, born ca 1840 in Franklin Co., Va.;[51]
died in 1921, in the same county; married, same county, to Robert Bernard (he d.
ca 1919, bur. in Bernard Cem. of Franklin Co., Va.; a bro. of Elizabeth Bernard;
a son of Robert and Sallie Ann (Scott) Bernard). There were no children.

5.Thomas
Chitwood, born ca 1842,[52]
in Franklin,Co., Va.; was killed in the Civil War; never married.[53]

6.Joel Chitwood,
born ca 1844,[54]
Franklin Co., Va.; died 1921, bur. in Caesar Cemetery near Rocky Mount, Va.;
married in Franklin Co., Va., to Lucy Chitwood (dau of Omie Chitwood), whose
husband was Lot Wray. Lucy Chitwood married Joel in his later years. Omie
Chitwood is thought to have had three children: Lucy, who m. Joel; Saprrell, who
had three sons, Lee, Sam and Jim Edd; and Skelton, who had a large family, all
born lived and died in the neighborhood of Rocky Mount.[55]

7.Susan
Chitwood, born ca 1846,[56][57]
in Franklin Co., Va.; d. 1923, bur. at Redwood, Va. She married ca 1865 in Rocky
Mount, Va., to Jacob (Jake) Altice, Jr., b. 1842 in Franklin Co., Va.; d. 1923,
bur. at Redwood, Va., the son of Joseph Altice and his first wife who was Mary
Ikenberry.

Born
- August 3, 1805, at Franklin Co., Va.; died 1902, and buried in the Angle
graveyard beside her husband, Meshach Griffith, two children Benjamin and
Louise, and one grandchild Lucy Florence Angell. The Angle graveyard is
located a few miles from Rocky Mount, Va.[58]

Meshach and Lucy (Chitwood) Griffith lived at Gogginsville, in Franklin
Co., Va., and their children were born there. Meshach Griffith was a
householder, 50 years old in 1850, occupation farming; Lucy, his wife, was 45
and both born in Va. Their household included: Ursula 20, Nancy 16, Charles W.
13, Elizabeth 11, Adeline G. 9, Benjamin B. 3, Emily Hall 12, Frances Hall 8.[60]
Another name, Louisa Griffith is given by the aforementioned Mrs. Nolen,
although not shown inthe 1850 Census. The relationship of the Hall children to
this family is not known.

The following article was written for the Franklin County, Va.,
Historical Society by Mrs. C. B. Nolen (aforementioned), a descendant of Meshach
and Lucy (Chitwood) Griffith:

SOME HOMESTEADERS FROM FRANKLIN COUNTY

The postwar years brought a great restlessness to the people of the
South. The Homestead Act of 1862 began to attract many families, among them the
Griffith, Angell and Doss families of Franklin Co.

Before the war Meshach Griffith (born 1800) and his wife Lucy Chitwood
(born 1805) who were married in 1830, lived at Gogginsville in the "Brick
House", now occupied by Mr. Hubbard. Their children were born there. Their
daughters were Ursula Jane (1832-1909) who married John William Angell
(1831-1904) and Rhoda Elizabeth who married James Doss. John William Angell took
his bride of 1857 to live in a house called the "Billy Wade House",
now the Lomax Blankenship place, a short distance from Gogginsville.

The Griffiths, the Angells and the Dosses left Franklin County in 1869 to
take advantage of the free lands in the West. The Doss couple, with their son,
James Lewis, went by train, which had just recently become possible. The Angells,
with their chidren and at least one former slave, Bob, made the trip by covered
wagon. Their children were Charles, Meshach, Florence, Belle (who later became
Mrs. Jack Garst) and Minnie (who later became Mrs. Charles Wright). It took six
weeks to travel by wagon to Mound Valley, Kansas, where they staked their claim
and built a house in which the Angells and Griffiths lived. The Dosses settled
in Oklahoma in Indian Territory.

On one occasion, when all the men were away from home, Bob, the former
slave, saved the women and children from a prairie fire.

Four children were born to the Angells after they went to Kansas. The
first was John, who died in infancy; Lioney, who did not live to see their
native state of Virginia; George, who was called "Boy" until he was
about five years old and who then chose for himself the lengthy name of George
Washington Doctor Eldridge Tanner Governor Bluejeans Democrat; and the youngest,
Joel Oatey.

According to family history a "land shark" from Iowa swindled
the Angells out of their claim. He traded them some land in Iowa for their
Kansas homestead and they later found that it was "mortgaged to the
hilt". After the Iowa land proved worthless the Angells headed back towards
Virginia, but stopped in Indiana for an extended visit of about two years with
John William's maternal kin, the Dodds. It is believed that Lioney died in
Indiana.

The Doss family stayed in Indian Territory until they were forced out by
an epidemic of smallpox among the Indians. After six or seven years they moved
to Kansas, where Mr. Doss was soon to die. Some years later Rhoda Elizabeth
married Marion Hinshaw, whose people from North Carolina were also homesteaders
in Kansas. Two children were born to this union: Charles, who now lives in Ohio,
and Lula, who became Mrs. Walter Aker and lived in Gogginsville, in the
"Brick House" until her death.

According to information from a member of the family the Angells on their
return trip to Virginia still had one of the same horses they had used when they
left for Kansas. When they were yet some distance from Gogginsville on the way
home John William is said to have "given the horse his head" and the
horse pulled the wagon up into the yard of the home they had left nine years
before.

The Angell grandparents were William C. Angell and ----, who had
three,and possibly four children:

(1)
Penelope Angell, m. Apr. 10, 1820 James P. Mitchell;

(2)
Alsup Taylor Angell, m. Apr. 19, 1827 to Lioney Dodd;

(3) William Angell, Jr., m. Dec. 16, 1831 to Jane McGuffin.
(William Angell, Jr. and his family are prob. the same as the ones appearing on
pages 243-44 (122) of the 1850 Census for Franklin Co., Va., which shows a
householder, William Angell, 40 yrs, farmer born in Va.; Jane 38 born in Va.,
prob. his wife, Jane McGuffin; children, Joshua 17, Joseph 15, John 12, Thomas
10, Tabitha E. 8 and Thomas 4.)

The mother of John William Angell, Lioney Dodd, was a daughter of John
and Polly (Short) Dodd of Franklin Co., Va., married March 26, 1806, and had at
least four children:

(1)
Lioney;

(2)
Woodson, b. 1808;

(3)
Anderson, b. 1806;

4)
Ennis, b. 1810; and others.[61]
John Dodd was a child of William (d. 1811),[62]
and Rebecca (Griffith) Dodd. Rebecca (Griffith) Dodd died after 1823, the dau of
Benjamin and Catherine Griffith.[63]

There
were nine children in the family of William and Rebecca Dodd;

(1)
Benjamin;

(2)
Joab;

(3)
John, d. 1868, m. Polly Short;

(4)
Isaac;

(5)
George;

(6)
Susanna, m. March 1808 to Joseph Hambrick;

(7)
Catherine, m. Jan. 24, 1811 to Henry Wysong;

(8)
Elizabeth, m. Apr. 5, 1819 to Joseph Hickman;

(9)
Charlotte.

Polly Short, wife of John Dodd, was a dau of John Short and Jane Winifred
Randall (or Randolph) Short. John Short died ca 1790. He was originally from
Essex Co., Va., where in 1762 he was appointed guardian for his

two
children, Mary and Elizabeth Short, with John and Thomas Drake his security.
Elizabeth Short is believed to have married Stephen Herd, Jr. (A record in
Will Book 1, p. 98, King George Co., Va., dated 1759, mentions Thomas Randall,
of King George Co., Va., and his wife Jean Randall, giving their children:
(sons) Francis, Thomas, Robert and John; (daus) Henrietta Sanford, Susanna
Delozier, Winifred Short, Jean and Ann Randall. Also daus: Mary, Agatha,
Catherine and Alice Randall.) Jane Winifred Short d. 1817. Due to the errors
in spelling of names of long ago, there is some confusion as to the original
and correct spelling of the name, Randall or Randolph. Dr. Oliver P. Chitwood,
of Morgantown, W. Va., is certain that the name was Randolph and not
Randall as some records show.

3.Charles W.
Griffith, born 1837,[4]
d. ---; was married, but no further information.

4.Rhoda
Elizabeth Griffith, born March 17, 1838, died March 24, 1936; buried March 26,
1936 in Gogginsville Methodist Church Cemetery. She married 1st, June 30,
1867, in Franklin Co., Va. to James L. Doss, the son of a family of
Pittsylvania Co., Va. Rhoda Elizabeth went West with her husband, James Doss,
and settled in Oklahoma, and then to Kansas where he died. She married 2nd, to
Samuel Marion Hinshaw at Mound Valley, Kans. His people were from North
Carolina, homesteading in Kansas.

7.Louisa
Griffith, an unmarried daughter, buried in the Angle graveyard, a few miles
from Rocky Mount, Virginia.

[Mrs. C. B. Nolen, of Ferrum, Va., who supplied almost all of the
information on the Lucy Chitwood family, is a member of Daughters of American
Revolution (Nat. No. 451588) her ancestor, Capt. John Jamison. She is also a
member of Daughters of American Colonists (No. 14005) through her ancestor,
Capt. Thomas Jamison.]

FOURTH GENERATION IN AMERICA

12:William
Chitwood, of Franklin Co., Va.

William Chitwood, born in 1785, in Franklin Co., Va., was a son of John
and Rhoda Chitwood. Although the date of his death has not been found, he and
his wife appear in the list of householders for Franklin County as late as
1850 in the Census records. The belief is that they were buried in an old
Chitwood cemetery near Rocky Mount, Va.

Proof of the marriage of William and Lockey Thurman (also known as
Elocky Thurmond):

An explanation of early marriage banns, bond, license and those who
could perform the marriage:

As
early as 1642 a couple could marry just by publishing the banns, which meant
by giving public notice during the church service on three successive Sundays
before the marriage was to take place. However persons who could afford to pay
for the license could marry without publishing the banns.

[Until about 1780] the right to perform marriages remained with the
parish minister of the Established Church. Before this, other denominations
had begun to form although they were not recognized or allowed to build
churches. By 1780, dissenting ministers were given the right to perform
marriages. County clerks were authorized to license ministers of all
denominations...The minister could perform marriages only after a bond had
been given in the county clerk's office.

The bond was likewise a license and its purpose was to act as security
that no infraction of the law might occur. It was signed by the groom and by
one other person, usually a relative. The ministers were required by law to
make periodical returns to the county clerk of the date of marriage and the
names of the contracting parties. [Beginning in 1852 licenses of the type now
used in Virginia were issued and entered into the state's official marriage
register.][8]

The form of marriage bond which was probably used by William Chitwood
and Lockey Thurman is as follows:

Know all men by these presents, That we (usually filled in with name of
groom and one other man), are held and firmly bound unto the Commonwealth of
Virginia (bonds sometimes given to the Governor) in the just and full sum of
One Hundred and Fifty Dollars, the true payment whereof, well and truly to be
made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors and administrators, jointly and
severally, firmly by these presents. Sealed with our seals, and dated this
____ day of _________.

The conditions of the above obligation is such, That whereas the above
bound _______________________, hath obtained from the Clerk of the County
Court of Franklin, a license for his intermarriage with _________________, of
said county. Now if there shall be no lawful cause to obstruct said marriage,
then the above obligation to be void, else to remain in full force and virtue.

________________________

________________________

(signatures of bondsmen)

Proof of the line of descent for William Chitwood and his descendants
if found in the old Chitwood Bible belonging to Robert Gray Chitwood of
Roanoke, Va.[9]

William Chitwood appears as a householder in the Franklin Co., Va.
Census records for the years 1820, 1830, 1840 and 1850. The 1860 Census was
not checked.

In 1820, he and his wife appear with a male child under 10 years of
age. In 1830, their household included a male and female child, both 15-20
yrs. In 1840, William and Lockey's household consisted of a male and a female
of 20-30 yrs (Jefferson, the son, was 28 yrs, and Jefferson's wife, Lucy
Catherine, was 26 yrs. in 1840); and three children, a boy and two girls,
whose birth dates agree with the birth dates of the first three children of
Jefferson and Lucy Catherine Chitwood. From this record it seems probable that
Thomas Jefferson Chitwood (usually called, Jefferson Chitwood) and his family
must have lived with William and Lockey Chitwood, his parents, from the time
of his marriage until after the birth of his first three children. The Census
for 1850 reveals that William and Lockey were living by themselves in 1850,
and that Jefferson Chitwood, the son, was a householder himself.

13: Lockey Thurman, wife of William Chitwood.

Lockey Thurman was a great-grandmother of Virginia Franklin Chitwood,
to whom this book is dedicated. She was born December 3, 1789, in Virginia.[10]
Her death date is not known, but she was alive until at least 1850. She is
believed to have been buried in the same cemetery as her husband.[11]

The names of the parents of Lockey have not been proven.

Two householders with the Thurman name were recorded in the 1810 Census
for Franklin County, Va., the year before Lockey Thurman's marriage in that
county. One of these could have been her father.

The first householder, David Thurman, and his wife, had seven children,
all under the age of ten years. The Census record for 1810 shows no child the
age of Lockey in this family. Marriage records give the names of some of the
children of David:[12]

The Census records indicate 11 children in the household of David
Thurman and his wife: 5 male and 2 female by 1810; and 4 more, 2 male and 2
female, by 1820. The female children could be the four shown above. Names of
the seven male children have not been determined.

The second householder of 1810 was John Thurman (spelled Thurmon
in the Census of 1820 for Franklin Co., Va.). The Census of 1810 placed him in
the 45-up age group (born before 1765). His household included a female of
same age group as the householder, and five children, two of whom were females
16-26 yrs of age (born 1784-1794). Since Lockey Thurman was born 1789, this
could be her family. Further confirmation is in the fact that John Thurmond
signed her marriage bond in 1811. John Thurmon's name is missing in the 1830
Census.

Records of the earlier Franklin County, Va. marriages, of those of the
Thurman, Thurmon and Thurmond name, possibly refer to the children of John
Thurman:[13]

Wray,
Elias and Dolly Thurman, Mar. 25, 1806, sur. John Thurman. Wilson Turner,
minister.[14](She
is called "Polly" in the book by Worrell, Over the Mountain Men, p. 23)

A little more follows concerning the Henry and Quintilla (Adams)
Thurman who are mentioned above:

Adams' Wanted, the parents and ancestry of Susannah Adams, born 1786 in
Virginia and raised there. Her father served seven years in the War of the
Revolution. Her people lived in the counties of Campbell, Bedford and
Franklin. Their names were Hudnall, Wright and Adams. The Hudnalls lived in
Bedford County on Little Otter Creek, near the Peaks of Otter. William,
Thomas, Richard and John Hudnall all lived in the same neighborhood and were
landholders. A man by the name of Hook, who kept Hook's Ferry on the Staunton
River, Va., married a sister of Susan Adams. Henry Thurman married
Quintilla Adams, the youngest sister of Susan, and they had seven sons living
in Franklin Co. in 1853. Susannah Adams married John Stephens in 1805 (son of
William, born 1745, of Guilford Courthouse, N.C., and Gerrard County, Ky., son
of John Stephens, born about 1720).

A letter dated Jan. 17, 1965, from Mrs. Walter P. Holland, of Roanoke,
Va., to the writer of this book, states that she believes John, Tass, Henry
and William Thurman were brothers. Whether they were of the family of John
Thurman, or of David Thurman [29]
is not known, but the 1850 Census record of Franklin Co., Va. shows that a
John Thurman, householder, was born ca 1813 in Va. They must be related to
Lockey Thurman, but the exact relationship is still not clear. John, Tass,
Henry and William are all connected with the Chitwood and Lumsden family.

The following contract appears to link the aforementioned names of
Henry, Pleasant, Dolly (or Polly) and Lockey Thurman.

An
indenture made April 1, 1839 between Henry Thurman and Quintilda, his wife and
Pleasant Thurman, all of County of Franklin and State of Virginia, and Polly
Wray of County of Jackson and State of Indiana of the one part, and William
Chitwood of County of Franklin and State of Virginia of the other part.[30]

John
Thurman, born ca 1813, in Virginia. A blacksmith. He died Nov. 5, 1884,
and was buried in Franklin Co., Va. [31]

Married
- Wilmoth Lumsden, March 5, 1838. Sur. Dudley Lumsden. Minister, John Bowman.[32]
Wilmoth was born Aug. 11, 1819, probably in Franklin Co., and died Feb. 13,
1900, Franklin Co., Va. She was known as "Willie".[33]

Census records for Franklin Co., Va. for the year 1850 show John Thurmond,
a householder of family #273 (page 135). His age was 37. Following his name,
is that of Wilmoth, age 29 (his wife), and four children: Dudly age 11, Robert
8, James 6, Louisa 3. The Census of 1860 was not searched.

Tass
Thurman, of Wirtz, Va. Birth date unknown, buried at Wirtz, Va.; a brother
of Henry, John and William Thurman.[38]
Married - Ealner Wray.Their
children:

Catherine Thurman, born ----; died ----; married Giles Thurman in 1876, at Redwood, Va.[40]

Henry
Thurman, spelled "Thurmond) in Census of 1850. Born - ca 1824, in
Franklin Co., Va. He was a farmer. Married - Sarah Lumsden, May 5, 1850,
Robert Bowman, minister. Surety, Robt. Thurman.[41]

Sarah (also called Sally) was born Apr. 10, 1821.[42]
Census of 1850 indicates her birth was ca 1824. She was the dau of Dudley and
Sallie (Chitwood) Lumsden, and a sister of Wilmoth, the wife of John Thurman.[43]

William
Thurman, b. ------; d. ------. Said to be a brother of Tass Thurman. He
was the 2nd husband of Julina (Hughes) Fisher, married some time after 1865.
Julina (Hughes) Fisher Thurman died Jan. 20, 1891. Mr. and Mrs. William
Thurman were charter members of Flint Hill Methodist Church of Franklin Co.,
Va., organized in 1870.

Robert
P. Thurman, born probably ca 1817, appears as a householder of Franklin
Co., Va. in the year 1850. It is not certain if he is a descendant of David,
or of John, the two heads of families in 1810, but it is likely that he is
related.

Marriage records on page 69 herein show that he married Elizabeth M.
Law in 1845 in Franklin Co., Va. The Census of 1850 reveals that he was 33,
born in Va., and a farmer. His name is recorded in this record as Robert Thurmond.
In his household is: Elizabeth, 28; Martha S., 4; and Flourney (a male), 3.

Nothing further is known.

FIFTH GENERATION IN AMERICA

14:Thomas Jefferson Chitwood, of

Franklin County, Virginia

Thomas Jefferson Chitwood, better known as "Jefferson", was
born October 7, 1812, in Franklin County, Va. He was the only son of William and
Lockey (Thurman) Chitwood, and a grandson of John Chitwood, Jr. He was a
grandfather of Virginia Franklin (Chitwood) Mayfield, to whom this book is
dedicated.

Jefferson Chitwood died Jan. 7, 1888.[48]
Although no written records have been located for proof, tradition tells us that
he and his wife were buried in the old Chitwood cemetery, near where they lived,
about 10 miles north of Rockey Mount, Franklin County, Va. There is no head
stone with inscription to mark their graves.[49]

Peter Gilliam's land adjoined "Chirtwood's" land on Blackwater
River in 1779.[51]Black walnuts growing along the banks of the river fell into the water
giving it an inky appearance, hence the early settlers named it Blackwater
River.[52]

Jefferson Chitwood was a miller. His mill was located on the waters of
Magodee Creek. Dr. Oliver P. Chitwood, wrote that he remembered going to the
mill when he was a small boy and seeing Jefferson Chitwood. He said, however,
that he had only a very vague recollection of Jefferson's appearance. He said
also that the mill was a combination corn, wheat and saw mill.[53]The mill, in Franklin County, Va., was still standing, although no longer
in working condition, in 1965, when it was seen by Jean (Cragun) Tombaugh.

. . . These long-ruined mills once played an important part in the lives
of our Franklin forbears. They were their first applications of water power to
industry. Here the farmers' ox-carts and wagons brought grist and wool for
grinding and carding, while the farmers themselves held social intercourse in
the mill-yard, exchanging news and ideas as they waited for their goods.

The miller was a man of importance. Statutes were made for his regulation
and for the ordering of his tolls. From his constant stream of patrons he
gathered the neighborhood gossip, and insured it proper circulation..." [54]

Jefferson's son, George Washington Chitwood, helped his father run the
mill until he enlisted in General Lee's Army during the Civil War. Then another
son, Calvin Lewis Chitwood, worked with Jefferson.

The following proves the location of the old mill run by Jefferson
Chitwood:

This deed made this 13th day of August, 1892 between P. H. Dillard
Special Commissioner of the first part and Lockie W. Chitwood, James F. Chitwood,
Almira V. Chitwood and Calvin L. Chitwood of the second part,whereas by decree of the Circuit Court of Franklin County recorded at the
May Term 1890 in Chancery Cause of George W. Bays and wife[55]
against Jefferson Chitwood heirs, the said P. H. Dillard was appointed special
commissioner to convey to the said parties of the second part the land and mill
in the bill and proceedings mentioned.

Now, therefore this deed witnesseth; that the said P. H. Dillard, Com. as
aforesaid for and in consideration of the sum of Five Dolars Cash to him paid,
the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, doth make of the second part with
special warranty to title all that certain tract or parcel of land and the mill
situated thereon lying and being in the county of Franklin on the waters of
Magodee Creek adjoining the lands of William Hurt[56]
and others and family belonging to Jefferson Chitwood, dec'd, and containing 20
acres more or less, the said Lockie W. Chitwood to hold one-third thereof, the
said James F. Chitwood to hold one-third thereof, the said Almira to hold
one-sixth thereof, the said Calvin L. Chitwood to hold one-sixth thereof -

Witness
the following signatures and seal, day and date above written.

The Census records show that Jefferson and his wife must have started
married life in the home of his parents, William and Lockey Chitwood. They
appear to be included in this household of William Chitwood in 1840, along with
Jefferson's first three children. The Census record of Franklin Co., Va. proves
that Jefferson and Lucy Catherine had moved into their own home, and were
householders themselves in 1850.

Page 175 of the Census of 1850 reveals that this record was made on Sep.
10 of that year; that at that time, householder Jefferson Chitwood was age 39, a
farmer, born in Virginia; had property of 1477 acres; and his household
included: Lucy, 36; Sarah E., 16; Locky W., 14; John, 11; Thomas J., 9;
(unnamed) a male, 5; Margaret, 5; Cynthia, 2; all born in Virginia.

The "unnamed male child". age 5 in 1850, would be George
Washington Chitwood, who, according to tradition, named himself.

A list of post offices of Franklin County, Va., shows that the Villa Post
Office was established on Oct. 2, 1854, and its first postmaster was Jefferson
Chitwood.[58]

Children of Jefferson and Lucy Catherine (Lumsden) Chitwood:

1.Sarah Elizabeth, b. July 24, 1833.

2.Lockey Wilmuth, b. Jan. 10, 1836.

3.John Thomas, b. July 28, 1838.

4.Thomas Jefferson, b. Feb. 22, 1841.

5.George Washington, b. May 28, 1844.

6.Lucy Margaret, b. April 25, 1847.

7.Syntha Ann, b. Aug. 28, 1850.

8.Calvin Lewis, b. June 15, 1852.

9.James Floyd, b. Feb. 14, 1855.

10.Almira Virginia, b.
April 12, 1858.

11.Lee Franklin, b. Aug.
18, 1861.

15:Lucy Catherine Lumsden, wife of

Jefferson Chitwood.

Lucy Catherine was born Nov. 19, 1814, probably in Franklin Co., Va.[59]
Her death certificate reveals that her death occurred on June 18, 1893, in
Franklin Co., Va., due to asthma. It further shows that she was 80 when she
died; her husband was "Jef. Chitwood"; that C. L. Chitwood, son, was
the informant; and that she was the daughter of D. and S. Lumsden, of Franklin
Co., Va.[60]
The belief is that she was buried in an old Chitwood cemetery, near Rocky Mount,
Va., where her husband is buried, but there is no inscribed head-stone to mark
her grave.[61]

Lucy Catherine was a daughter of Dudley and Sallie (Chitwood) Lumsden of
Franklin County, Va. When Lucy Catherine and Jefferson Chitwood were married,
her father, Dudley, was surety for her marriage bond.[62]
The history of the Lumsden family is on the following pages, but proof of her
mother's parentage has not been found. All clues seem to point to the
possibility of Sallie (Chitwood) Lumsden being another daughter of John Chitwood,
Jr., and a sister of William, father of Jefferson. This, if true, would show
that Jefferson and Lucy Catherine were first cousins. Marvin Angle, grandson of
Lucy Catherine's sister, Sarah, told Miss Sally Lumsden of Glade Hill, Va., that
his "Uncle Jeff and Aunt Lucy were first cousins". However, no proof
of this has been found.

Lumsden Family

The Lumsden family is Scotch. The motto of the Lumsden family is "By
the gift of God I am what I am."[63]
A sneering critic interprets it as "Thank God I am no worse than I
am." "In the rental of the bishopric of Aberdeen in the beginning of
the 17th century the lords of Clovack in the paroshen of Kyldry was sell to
Lumsden for £9, 3d, P. mart 12 kidds, 4 geese 3s 4d for bondage and service 37s
4d for grassure."[64]
The coat-of-arms, reproduced herein, is from a photo furnished by Mrs. L. L.
Steffey, of Bristol, Tenn. One of the southern kinsmen had a genealogist trace
the lineage for this heraldry. The colors of the original are royal blue, gold
and red. One book on the subject describes our Lumsden coat-of-arms in the
following manner:

[Lumsden] "Local: from the lands of Lumsden in Berwickshire. The
family are supposed to descend from the Stewarts Earls of Angus."[65]

[Lumsdaine. See Lumsden] "'An ancient manor in the parish of
Coldingham, Berwickshire, belonging to a family of that name so early as the
reign of David I. The ancient peel of Lumsden (see Peel) probably
occupied the site of the present farm-house of East Lumsden; but in the XIV
cent, the family removed their abode to Blanerne, on the banks of the Whitadder,
where its picturesque remains still exist.'[66]
The surname is first found in a charter between 1166 and 1182. B.L.G."[67]

"Peel. A fortified farm-house. 'Within my recollection, almost every
old house in the dales of Rede and Tyne was what is called a peel-house, built
for securing the inhabitants and their cattle in moss-trooping times.'[68]
Many of these border houses are moated for better defence. . . The habitations
of the church-feuars (those who held lands under a monestary) were not less
primitive than their agriculture. In each village or town were several towers,
having battlements projecting over the side walls, and usually an advanced angle
or two, with shot-holes for flanking the door-way, which was always defended by
a strong door of oak, studded with nails, and often by an exterior grated door
of iron. These small peel-houses were ordinarily inhabited by the principal
feuars and their families.' Sir W. Scott. The Monastery, Vol. 1. chap. 1."[69]

Lumsdaine. See under Lumsden. "Lumsdale. From an old pronunciation
and spelling of Lumsden, q.v., which has become a fixed surname. John
Lummisdaill was tacksman of a 1-1/2d land in Trymland, Orkney, in 1503 (REO., p.
418) Robert Lumsdaile is recorded in Aberdeen in 1558 (SCM., IV, p. 58), and
payment was made to bailie Lumsdaill in the same burgh in 1643 (ibid: V, p.
107). John Lumsdale was residenter in Lauder in 1760 (Lauder). Lumsdall and
Lumsdell are also common pronunciations of Lumsden."[70]

Lumsden, Lumsdaine. "From the old manor of that name in the parish
of Coldingham, Berwickshire. The earliest record of the name is between 1166-82,
when Gillen (i.e. William) and Cren de Lumisden witnessed a charter by Earl
Waldeve of Dunbar to the Priory of Coldingham (Raine, 115). Edward de Aldecambus
was accused before William the Lion in 1188 of being a wrecker and was sentenced
to death, but pardoned in consideration of a large money payment. To raise the
necessary sum he was compelled to exchange Aldecambus for Lumsden Major (= West
Lumsden, now Dowlaw) and eighty merks of silver with Bertram, prior of
Coldingham (Raine, 648). Adam de Lummesdene and Roger de Lummesdene of
Berwickshire rendered homage, 1296 (Bain, II, p. 206). An offshoot of the
Lumsdens of Lumsden acquired lands in Fife in the first half of the fourteenth
century, and about the same time acquired other lands in Aberdeenshire to which
they gave their family name. John de Lummysden witnessed a charter by Duncan,
earl of Fife, ca 1335 (REA., I., p. 65). In the muster-rolls of the Archers of
the Scots Guard in France, 1498-99, the name appears as Alomesden and Lomesdel
(Forbes-Leith, I, p. 172, 175), and Lunsten, LeMusten and Lumesten in the same
record doubtless also represent the same name. Lummisdane 1497, Lummisedn 1495,
Lummysdane 1547, Lummysden 1496, Lummysdeyn 1512, Lumsdean 1688, Lumysden 1442,
Loummysden 1431, Lumbsdene 1630, Lumisdane 1546, Lumisdayn 1512, Lumisdeane
1557, Lumisdeyn 1548, Lummdane 1497, Lummisdane 1497, Cf. Lammestone."[71]

John Lumsden married Janet Tailor in Scotland. They had a son, John, born
Nov. 19, 1682 at Humbre, Scotland.[72]

This second John Lumsden married Elizabeth Taylor, born abt 1696 at
Saltoun, E. Lothian, and four of their children were listed: (1) James Lumsden,
b. Aug. 9, 1718, at Saltoun; (2) John Lumsden, b. Sep. 8, 1720, at Saltoun; (3)
Agnes Lumsden, b. Jan. 24, 1722; and (4) William Lumsden, b. Sep. 15, 1724.
There is a possibility that these could be the family of John Lumsden of
Franklin Co., Va., but further proof is needed.[73]

Three Lumsden contemporaries, James, John and William, were found to be
living in Virginia at about the same time:

James:
Referred to as "James Lumsdale late of the County of Montgomery and
Commonwealth of Virginia, being resolved on Traveling to Cantuckey County do
think proper to make this my lst Will and Testament." This will was
witnessed on Oct. 4, 1799 by James Montgomery. It was proved at Court held for
Montgomery Co. on Nov. 7, 1781, by James Montgomery.[74]

John:
Two by the name of John were living in Virginia during the Revolutionary War
times. One of these was born 1758, and died 1843 in Fayetteville, N.C. He was
married in Mecklenburg Co., Va., Feb. 8, 1788, to Elizabeth Eastland.[75]
This is obviously not the John Lumsden of Franklin Co., Va., though
probably related to him.

The second John Lumsden found living in Va. at the time of the
Revolutionary War, is the one who settled in Franklin County, and was the
father of DudleyLumsden, and grandfather of Lucy Catherine. (See further)

William:The third contemporary of the name appears in An
Index of the Older Wills, Inventories, Divisions, Etc. of Goochland Co., Va.,
p.397. This mentions the will of William Lumsden, dated 1743, in Book 4, p. 261.

Another
William is shown as a tax payer of Louisa Co., Va., in 1782.[76]

Obviously, spelling of our Lumsden name has varied through early years in
Virginia, as it did in Scotland:

Regardless of the way the name was spelled, all of these, Charles,
Elijah, Jeremiah and Dudley, were all sons of our first proven immigrant
ancestor in America, John Lumsden.

JOHN
LUMSDENFirst proven generation
in America.

Birth
date not known. His will, signed in Franklin County, Va., on Oct. 2, 1787, was
probated in the same county on Monday, Nov. 3, 1788. He and his wife were buried
in Franklin Co., Va., near the old home place. A marble slab now marks John's
resting place, set there by his great-great granddaughter, Naomi (Lumsden)
Steffey (Mrs. L. L.), of Bristol, Tenn. This cemetery is not far from Rocky
Mount, Va., across the river from the Flint Hill Church.

He was a soldier of the American Revolutionary War.[83]
Both Mrs. L. L. Steffey (aforementioned) and her sister, Miss Sally Lumsden, of
Glade Hill, Va., are members of D.A.R. through the service records of John
Lumsden.

John Lumsden probably settled in Prince William County, Va., before
coming to the area in Bedford Co., which later became Franklin Co., Va.[84]

The wife of John Lumsden was Wilmoth. Her last name is believed to have
been Steele, but no proof for this has been found. They were married some time
prior to 1752, and the birth of a child in 1761 in Prince William Co., Va.,
places them in that county at least until that year. A deed, recorded in Bedford
Co., Va., shows that John Lumsden bought 220 acres of land in Bedford Co., Va.,
on Blackwater River, part of the Samuel Gilbert land, from Samuel Gilbert, Jr.,
and his wife, Hannah Gilbert, for fifty pounds Current Money of Virginia, on
Nov. 28, 1770. He was still living there at the time he signed his will in 1787,
but because of the formation of the new county, Franklin, the land was then in
Franklin Co., Va. (See copies of deed and will following)

Page
30. July 1786 - John Lumsden is appointed surveyor of the road from Dillions Old
Mill on Blackwater to the Waggon Road at Jno. Livesays which he is to clear
& keep in repair accorg. to law & the list fild to be his gang".

Page
59. October 1786 - Isham Blankenship is app'd surveyor of the road in the room
of John Lumsden.[85]

Deed to John Lumsden's Property on Blackwater River

This Indenture made this the 28 day of November, In the year of our Lord
one thousand seven hundred and seventy. Between Samuel Gilbert of one part and
John Lumsden of the other part.

Witnesseth that the said Samuel Gilbert, Jr. for and in consideration of
and for the sum of fifty pounds of current money of Virginia to him in hand paid
the receipt whereof he hereby acknowledge hath granted bargained and sold and by
these present doth grant bargain and sell unto the (Sd.) Lumsden one certain
track or parcel of land on Blackwater River of the (Sd.) Gilbert four hundred
and forty-one acres and bounded as follows to-wit beginning at a white oak
marked as pr agrem on Bedford side thence on the said Gilbert line round to
include two hundred and twenty acres of lower part of the said Gilberts four
hundred and forty acres on the said Blackwater River included by a straight line
across from said marked white oak. On the Bedford (sd.) of the river. To have
and to hold the said granted land and premises together with the privileges
appurtinances thereunto belonging or any ways appertaining with reversion and
reversions remainder and every part and parcel thereof unto him the said John
Lumsden his heirs and assigns forever. And the said Gilbert doeth covenant and
agree to and with the said John Lumsden his heirs and assigns that he the said
Samuel Gilbert, Jr. his heirs and assigns shall and will warrant forever and
forever defend the said grant of land and premesis and with all appurtinances to
the same belonging unto the said John Lumsden his heirs and assigns forever.

In witness whereof he the said Samuel Gilbert have here unto set his hand
and affixed his seal.

The
day and year first above written.

Samuel Gilbert L S

In
the presence of -

Men:That on the day and year within written quiet and peacable
possession and livery of same (?) of the within granted land and premises was
made and done by the said Samuel Gilbert unto the said John Lumsden according to
the within deed.

Samuel Gilbert

At the court held for Bedford County November 27th seventeen and seventy
is this indenture and memorandum of livery of same (?) hereon endorsed were
acknowledged by Samuel Gilbert party there-to and Hannah the wife of the said
Samuel she being first privily examined according to law relinquished her right
of dower in and to the land and premises conveyed by the said indenture.

In the Name of God, Amen, The second day of October one thousand seven
hundred and eighty seven I JOHN LUMSDEN of Franklin County, planter being very
sick and weak in body, but of perfect mind and memory thanks be given unto God,
Therefore calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is
appointed for all men to die do make and ordain this my last will and testamentThat is to say principally and first of all I give and recommend my Soul
into the hands of Almighty God that gave it and my body I recommend to the Earth
to be buried in a decent Christian burial at the discreation of my Executors;
nothing doubting but to receive the same at the general resurection again by the
mighty power of God, and as touching the Worldly Estate wherewith it has pleased
God to bless me in this life. I give and devise and dispose of the same in the
following manner and form. First I give and bequeath unto WILMOTH my dearly
beloved wife the plantation and tract of land whereon I now live together with
the field known by the name of Fireysfield and that part of the tract of land
whereon my son JEREMIAH lives, that north east of the Canoe Branch together with
all my stock, household furniture and plantation utensils to me belonging
together with debts due to me except only what shall be by these presents
excepted after paying my Funeral Expenses and all just debts and lawful demands
against me to be in full possession of the same during her life or widowhood
after which an equal distribution and division shall be made between all my
children all moveables by her leftsecondly:
I give and bequeath to my son, JEREMIAH LUMSDEN all that tract of land whereon
he now lives excepting that part above mentioned which lies north east of the
aforesaid Canoe Branch unto him his heirs and assigns foreverThirdly:I give and bequeath
to my sons ELIJAH and JESSE LUMSDEN all that tract of land known by their name
containing by Estimation four hundred Forty Acres in joint partnership or to be
divided at their discretion to them their heirs and assigns forever,Fourthly I give and bequeath to my son DUDLEY LUMSDEN the reversition of
all the plantation and tract of land above mentioned given to WILMOTH his
mother, to him his heirs and assigns foreverI also give the said DUDLEY the Bay Colt called Liberty which fit for use
the grey to be sold and the price to be equally divided between him and his
brother JESSE and I do constitute and make and ordain my friend Jonathan Price
my dearly beloved Wife WILMOTH LUMSDEN and my beloved son JEREMIAH LUMSDEN joint
Executor to this my last will and testament and I do hereby utterly disallow
revoke and disannul all and every other former testaments wills, legacees and
bequests and Executors by me in any ways before named willed and bequeathed
ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and Testament. In
witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above
written.

Signed sealed published pronounced and delivered by the said JOHN LUMSDEN
to be his last will and testament in the presence of

Evan PriceObediah BelsharIsom
Belshar

John Lumsden, SSor

At a Court of quarterly session held for Franklin County on Monday the 3
day of November 1788. The within last will and testament of John Lumsden dec'd
was exhibited in Court by Jeremiah Lumsden one of the Executors within mentioned
was proved by the witnesses thereto, who qualified according to the law and with
Swinfield Hill and James Burns his securities entered into bond and acknowledged
the same.

Whereupon it was ordered to be recorded by the Court, they having
obtained a probate thereof in due form.

[Page
281]The last Will and Testament of
John Lumsden dec's was exhibited in Court by Willmouth Lumsden ex'd &
Jeremiah Lumsden and Jonathan Price ex'trs & proved the same & O.R.
(1788).[88]

[Page
286]James Burns, William Poteet,
John Arthur & Martin Binnion, or any three of them, are app'd to appraise
the estate of John Lumsden dec'd & make return thereof to the Court.[89]

[Page
299]An inventory of the estate of
John Lumsden dec'd was returned & O.R.[90]

The will of John Lumsden of Franklin Co., Va., gives names of only four
of his children: Jeremiah, Elijah, Jesse, Dudley. Those not mentioned were:
Charles, Rachel, Susan and a son killed by Indians when he was young.

The
children of John and Wilmoth Lumsden, not necessarily in order of birth:

6.One son,
name unknown, was killed by an Indian one day when he was in a mulberry tree
that stood on the river not far from his home. He was a young man at the time.[92]7.Susannah (Susan) Lumsden lived and died near Hillsboro, Jasper Co., Ga.
Her will was probated 1844. She m. John Cochran. (see further)

8.Rachel
Lumsden (known as "Aunt Thrasher"). She was described by Col. John
Lumsden Hardeman as being a very handsome woman who first married a Grier, then
a Thrasher. She evidently went to Georgia also. Nothing further has been
learned.[93]

Born
- Sep. 15, 1753; died - Jan. 18, 1837, in Jasper Co., Ga. Married about 1788 in
Virginia, to Elizabeth Belcher, probably of Franklin Co., Va. She was born Nov.
2, 1754, and died Feb. 17, 1845, in Jasper Co., Ga.

Jeremiah was appointed joint executor of his father's will (1788). At
that time Jeremiah was living on part of his father's land, mentioned in the
will as being "north east of the Canoe Branch." He was one of the
ministers of Franklin Co., Va.

Jeremiah
Lumsden came into Court & took the oath of fidelity to the Commonwealth
& he ent'd into bond with Swinfield Hill surety as the law directs for
solemnizing marriages.[95]

Franklin Co. records show that Jeremiah Lumsden of the State of Ga. on
Nov. 17, 1792, sold to James Burns fifty acres, same description as John
Lumsden's land, and on Nov. 19, 1792, he sold 150 acres to Isham Belcher, Jr.,
same description. Georgia records show that Jeremiah Lumsden was living in Ga.
as early as 1808, and Belcher and Hill families cowned land adjoining his in
Jasper Co., Georgia.

"Evidently Jeremiah and other children left Virginia after the
settlement of the estate of their deceased father, stopping in Greene Co., Ga.,
before settling in Jasper Co. He was of age in 1788 and was in Virginia during
the Rev. War, and therefore his service would have to have been from there. Some
think that he was a chaplain in the 9th Va. Regiment, but no proof has been
found. A booklet, Land Lottery Grants of 1827, compiled by Mrs. Susie G. Dozier of
Dawson, Ga., records on page 23 the name of Jeremiah Lumsden as having drawn
land in a lottery for Revolutionary service."[96]

"Rev. G. G. Smith's History of
Methodism states that in 1804 Jeremiah Lumsden was admitted on trial into
the South Georgia Conference and stationed on Little River circuit, in 1805 on
Oconee Circuit with Epps Tucker, on Milledgeville circuit in 1806. Apalachee in
1807, Louisville circuit in 1808, where he located. He settled in Jasper county
near the Ocmulgee River as an itenerant Methodist preacher. His property is on
what was known in 1900 as the Seaborn Kelly plantation. I have seen the old
foundations of the house and the cemetery where, his wife, his son John and
wife, Susannah, and many others are buried. The grave of Jeremiah was located in
1925 by Mrs. P. G. Walker of Madison, Georgia, a great-granddaughter, and later
marked by the Monticello Chapter D.A.R. with a Government marker."[97]

The old family Bible of Jeremiah was burned in about 1895 when the home
of John Loyd near Covington was burned.[98]

Will of Jeremiah Lumsden

In the name of God Amen, I JEREMIAH SEN. of the State and county
Aforesaid, being low in health but of sound mind and memory and knowing it is
appointed for all men once to die and as touching worldly affairs I do hereby
make and ordain this to be my last will and testament.

Item First, I will my soul to God who gave it and my body to be buried in
a decent and Christian like manner and all my debts to be paid.

Item Second. I will to my beloved wife ELIZABETH LUMSDEN for her natural
life time seventy acres of land whereon I now live with all my plantation with
the house I now live in, with all my other house on said plantation or premises,
with all my Household kitchen furniture and all my stock that is not otherwise
appropriated (to wit) all my hogs, cattle, sheep and horses with all my farming
tools, with all the present crops now on said premises.

Item 3. I will that my son JESSE M. LUMSDEN have seventy acres of land
that he now has possession of and at the death of my wife ELIZABETH that he have
the land willed to her, also that he have one bed, one cow and calf, out of my
present stock of cattle. Also that he have fifty acres of land, more or less
land, adjoining the land where I now live also that he pay for said land to each
of the legatees twenty dollars within one year after my death, making in all one
hundred and eighty dollars. Also that my daughter ELLENDER P. LUMSDEN do have
one cow and calf out of my said stock of cattle with one bed, with all the
furniture attached thereto, with all the furniture arising from her own labor in
my possession with her trunk that she now has, also that she have one sorrel
mare horse by the name of Mariah to her own exclusive use and benefit.

Item 4. At the death of my wife, I will that all the rest of my estate be
sold and equally divided among my children (to wit) ELIZABETH THOMPSON, wife of
JOHN THOMPSON, JAMES DUNCAN, JOSEPH SWAN, SAMUEL THOMPSON, OLIVER MARTIN, JOHN
E. HODGE, ELENDER P. LUMSDEN, JEREMIAH C. LUMSDEN and JESSE M. LUMSDEN with the
exception of one dollar to the below named persons (to wit) JOHN WHATLEY,
OBADIAH B. PERROTT, GEORGE W. PARROTT, ELIZABETH A. J. PHILLIPS, NANCY S.
NEWBERRY, DOLLY M. SPEARS, and HENRY B. PARROTT.

Item 5. I will that JOHN LUMSDEN's lawful heirs receive an equal portion
with the rest of my children to be divided among them.

Item 6. I will that my son JEREMIAH C. LUMSDEN and JESSE M. LUMSDEN be
and I hereby appoint them my executors to carry into effect this my last will
and testament. Signed, sealed and acknowledged this 27th day of April 1826.

Jeremiah Lumsden (Seal)

In
presence of us:

Elizah
DodsonJames WilsonThomas HesterPleasant P. Coleman

Personally appeared before us Elizah Dodson who after duly having been
sworn, deposeth that he saw Jeremiah sign, seal and publish and declare the
above instrument of writing to be his true last will and testament and at the
time of signing the same he was of sound disposing mind and memory and that he
subscribed the same as a witness, and that James Wilson, Thomas Hester and
Pleasant P. Coleman likewise signed the same as witnesses in the presence of the
Testator. Sworn and subscribed before us this fourth day of March 1837.

Susannah died when Almeda was a few weeks old in 1830. Jeremiah Lumsden
and wife, Elizabeth, then took three of the children, Elizabeth, Susan John and
Almeda, to raise, and the other four went to live with other relatives. Phoebe
was raised by Joseph Jones, an uncle. Lucy, Anne and Mary were raised by Seaborn Shy.

Charles Lumsden appears in 1782 as a tax payer of Henry Co., Va.[109]
Personal property and land tax lists of 1786 for Franklin Co., Va. include the
name of Charles Lumsdin.[110]

[Page
11, March 1786] Ordered that James Dillion, Charles Lumsden, Jas. Burns, John
Robinson, or any three of them, do view a way for a road the nearest and most
convenient way from Dillion's Old Mill on Blackwater into the Wagg'n Road at
John Liveys and do make report thereof to the Court.

[Page
215, April Court 1788] Charles Lumsden is app'd sur'y of the road from the head
of the Maple Swamp to Dillions Old Mill & the list filed to be his gang.[111]

There were six children listed between 1810 and 1830 in the household of
Charles and Patty (Rives) Lumsden: a boy and two girls, born between 1784 and
94; two girls, born between 1800 and 1810; and one girl, born between 1810 and
1820.[112]

Charles Lumsden's name disappears from the Census records by 1840, his
death having occurred in 1839. Instead, there is mention of a John Lumsden
(birth, 1790-1800) who very likely is the only son of Charles.

Records of Mrs. L. L. Steffey of Bristol, Tenn., and the notes of V. R.
O'Neal show that Charles Lumsden had five children. The Census records indicate
that there were six. One of his grandchildren was Charles Lumsden Potter, of
whom Col. John Lumsden Hardeman spoke as being a nephew of Elizah Lumsden, and
visited his Georgia relatives when a boy of 16. He described him as being very
energetic - later married and lived at Grove Junction, Colo.

The
children of Charles and Patty (Rives) Lumsden, not necessarily in order of their
birth:

Born
- 1762; died - March 30, 1842. He was identified as a son in his father's will.[117]

He
married first - Feb. 7, 1787, to Racheal Greer, a dau. of Benj., sur. Jesse
Lumsden.[118]

He
married second - March 2, 1808, to Nancy White.

Elijah Lumsden is not mentioned in the list of householders for Franklin
Co., Va., in the year 1810. Mrs. Steffey's records reveal that he went South,
but the date of his leaving Virginia is not known.

Notes of V. R. O'Neal show that Elijash (Eliza) went to Georgia with
Jeremiah, his brother; settled in Greene County, and then at Eatonton, Georgia,
becoming a man of means and prominence.

Children
of Elijah Lumsden:

John Grier Lumsden, b. 1789, d. 1845; buried in the garden of his home in
Eatonton, Ga.

His children, not necessarily in order of birth:

A.---- (dau), married ---- Hardeman. Their son was Col. John Lumsden
Hardeman of Macon, a brilliant lawyer. He was greatly interested in the family
history and visited Rocky Mount, Va. He wrote in form of notes what data he
could find. When his death occurred he had not compiled the data into history
form.[119]

B.---- (dau) married ---- Dorsey. Her children:

a.
Thomas Dorsey, lived in Talbot County.

b.
Bush Dorsey, lived in Talbot County.

c.
Jesse Dorsey, lived in White County.

According to tradition, these men represented their counties in the state
legislature several times.

It is possible that Sally Chitwood was the daughter of John Chitwood,
Jr., of Franklin County, Va., but this has not been proved. She was born Nov.
26, 1783.[127]
She died some time after 1850.

Dudley is referred to as a son in his father's will written 1787. In this
he receives "the reversion of all the plantation and tract of land above
mentioned given to Wilmoth his mother, to him and his heirs and assigns forever
I also give the said Dudley the Bay Colt called Liberty.”

Dudley Lumsden is listed as a householder of Franklin County, Va., in the
Census records for the years 1810, 1820, 1830 and 1840. Sarah Lumsden is the
head of the household in the Census of 1850, with just one other person in the
family -Creed, age 24. The 1860 Census was not checked.

The Lumsden Bible, which is owned by Mrs. George Hurt of Roanoke, Va.,
gives the dates for Dudley Lumsden and his wife, and the names and dates of the
children in their family:

Dudley Lumsden born, Sep. 9, 1769

Sallie Lumsden born, Nov. 26, 1783

1.
Rhoda Lumsden born, May 19, 1803

2.
Susan Lumsden born, Jan. 22, 1806

3.
Elizabeth Lumsden born, Jan. 22, 1809

4.
George Lumsden born, Jan. 1, 1812

5.
Lucy Lumsden born, Nov. 19, 1814

6.
Frances Lumsden born, Nov. 16, 1817

7.
Wilmouth Lumsden born, Aug. 11, 1819

8.
Sarah Lumsden born, Apr. 10, 1821

9.
Creed Lumsden born, Sep. 27, 1826

Will of Dudley Lumsden

In the name of God Amen, I, DUDLEY LUMSDEN of Franklin County, and State
of Virginia, being weak in body but of perfect mind and memory calling to mind
the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men to die, do
make and ordain this my last will and testament as touching such worldly estate
wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this life. I first give to my
beloved wife SALLY LUMSDEN, all my land lying on the South of Blackwater River,
also three negroes, Milly, Mingo and Tom, two horses, and as much of the other
stock as it is deemed necessary for the use of plantation; also, all my
household and kitchen furniture; also, my blacksmith tools and wind mill, during
her widowhood and at her death sd. land to go to my son, CREED W. LUMSDEN, I
give to my son, GEORGE LUMSDEN the balance of my tract of land lying on the
North side of sd. River adjoining the land I left to my wife. I also leave two
tracts of land, the Webster tract and the Hutts tract, and all the stock on sd.
land and two negroes, Rye and Ede to be divided equally between SUSANNAH PASLEY,
ELIZABETH PELTER, LUCY CHITWOOD, FRANCES BOUSONAN, WILMOUTH THURMAN and SALLY
LUMSDEN, out of the neat proceeds of the above stated land and negroes the sum
of forty dollars each, I give also to my daughter, SALLY LUMSDEN, one negro
girl, Charlotte, to be deducted out of her part of my estate and for her to take
said girl at valuation, I also desire after the death of my wife one of the
negro boys should be sold and the proceeds to be equally divided amongst all my
children and the balance to be divided equally amongst my daughters ratifying
and confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament this the 14th
day of May in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty one.

Dudley Lumsden (Seal)

Teste:

Robert
Pasley

William
Pasley, Jr.

Henry
J. Angle

At a court held for Franklin County at the courthouse the 6th day of
September 1841, this last will and testament of Dudley Lumsden Dec'd was
produced in court and proved by oath of Henry J. Angle and William Pasley, Jr.
two of the subscribing witnesses hereto and ordered to be recorded and Sally
Lumsden the widow having relinquished her right to the executretion on the
motion of GEORGE LUMSDEN and JEFFERSON CHITWOOD who made oath and gave bond and
security in the sum of Ten Thousand dollars conditioned according to law,
certificate is granted them for obtaining letters of administration with will
annexed on the estate of the said decedent.

Nancy E. Hughes was b. ----, and d. Jan. 11, 1892, a sister of Julina
Hughes.[7]
Nancy and Julina were descendants of Jane Hughs, b. 1770, d. 1853.[8]
Jane Hughs had three children: Elijah, Aylie and Mary Hughes. Census records for
Franklin Co., Va. for the year 1810, reveal two householders of the name Hughs:
(1) Jane Hughs (b. 1765-84), whose household included a male (b. 1794-1800), and
a female (b. 1800-1810); and (2) George Hughs (b. 1784-94), with a female of
same age. Jane Hughs (or Hughes) married Elijah Poteet, May 21, 1814, sur. Benj.
Wray, minister Wilson Turner.[9]
There were children of this marriage, but the names are not known to the writer.
In his will, Elijah Poteet gave all his possessions to his "dearly beloved
friend Elijah Hughes".

The Hughes Cemetery is on the Elijah Hughes farm now owned by Mrs. Whitt
Perdue and her son. On the same farm is another cemetery where Nancy Hughes
Lumsden, George Lumsden and some of their children are bur.

The following on George Lumsden was sent by Mrs. L. L. Steffey
(aforementioned), a granddaughter:

"An old gentleman (Cal Angle) who remembered my grandfather said the
Lumsden's men liked to hunt - were outdoors men. He referred to my grandfather
George as very small, but his son Dudley was a 'Man's Man' as he said it. Once
George and Dudley had been across the river working and a rain came. The river
was swollen. Mr. Cal said Dudley took his dad, George, on his back and swam
across the river. An elderly lady (about 90) told me she remembered Dudley and
his father, George, coming to her house on cold, snowy, winter nights to play
cards. The same lady also told me my grandfather, George, surveyed roads and
'line fences' for neighbors."

One child was born of this 1st marriage, a little girl, who was scalded
by falling into a tub of hot water. The burns caused her death."Aunt Sallie came to visit us for several days each year. She was
soft-spoken and mild. I never heard her laugh or chuckle. Aunt Nannie (Lumsden)
Poindextor said she never got over the first husband's death (he died of typhoid
fever) or the tragedy of her little girl's death."[12]

Her second marriage was in Jan. 1894, to William Riley Dudley, b. July
25, 1829, d. 1898 bur. in High Street Cemetery at Rocky Mount, Va.; son of
Thomas, b. 1804 (son of Levi Dudley and Polly Kemp) and 1st wife, Temperance
Heptinstall, b. 1805 (dau of Caleb Heptinstall and Tege Greer). William R.
Dudley had been previously married to Fannie Kasey, and had grown children. He
was in the State Senate at the time of his and Sallie's marriage.[13]

c. Sally Lumsden, b. Sep. 14, 1896 in Franklin Co., Va.; unm;
retired school teacher in 1965, living at Glade Hill, Va. She is 2nd Vice Regent
(1964-66) of Major George Parker Chapter, National Society of Daughters of The
American Colonists, of Roanoke, Va.; (Nat. No. 17132) through ancestor, John
Lumsden. She is also a member of the ------ Chapter of D.A.R. (Nat. No.----),
through John Lumsden.

8. Sarah (Sally Elizabeth, Aunt Sag) Lumsden, b. Apr. 10,
1821; m. Henry Thurman (Thurmond) May 5, 1850, in Franklin Co., Va.[18]
The Census record of Franklin Co., Va. for 1850, shows that Sarah and Henry had
been married within the year.

9. Creed. W. Lumsden, b. Sep. 27, 1826, prob. in Franklin
Co., Va.; death date unknown. He was bur. in the Lumsden Cemetery, about 7 miles
from Boones Mill, Va. The Census of 1850 for Franklin Co., Va. indicates that he
was the only child of Dudley and Sally (Chitwood) Lumsden remaining at home that
year. His age is given in that record as 24 years.

Born
- April 25, 1847, in Franklin Co., Va.; died Jan. 10, 1921, at Bedford City, Va.
She married George Bays.[30]

Children
of George and Lucy Margaret (Chitwood) Bays:

1. Willie Bays (a dau); m. Dick Meade of Bedford City, Va.

Children
of Dick and Willie (Bays) Meade:

A.
Mary.

B.
Hallie.

C.
George.

SYNTHA
ANN CHITWOOD(7)

Born
- Aug. 28, 1850, Franklin Co., Va.; died Apr. 1, 1891, in Franklin Co., Va.,
bur. in Flint Hill Church Cemetery near Rocky Mount, Va.[31]
Syntha Ann married George Skinnell. Several of her children died in infancy.

Those
that lived were:

1.
Georgia Skinnell, m. John Adkins.

2.
John Thomas Skinnell.

3.
Billy Skinnell.

4.
Jimmy Skinnell, living in Wichita, Kans., in 1964.

CALVIN
LEWIS CHITWOOD(8)

Born
- June 15, 1852, in Franklin Co., Va.; died April 28, 1929, at his home on the
Williamson Road at Roanoke, Va. Burial services were held at the Williamson Road
Methodist Church at Roanoke, with burial at Evergreen Cemetery, Roanoke, Va.[32]

The records of Mrs. L. L. Steffey, of Bristol, Tenn., state that her
grandmother (Nancy E. (Hughes) Lumsden) and Julina (Hughes) Fisher, were
sisters; that they were descendants of Jane Hughs, b. 1770, d. 1853.[34]
Jane Hughs had three children: Elijah Hughes, Aylie Hughes and Mary Hughes.
Census records of 1810 for Franklin Co., Va., reveal two householders of the
name Hughs: (1) Jane Hughs (b. 1765-84) whose household included a male (b.
1794-1800) and a female (b. 1800-1810); and (2) George Hughs (b. 1784-94) with a
female of same age. Jane Hughs (or Hughes) married Elijah Poteet may 21, 1814,
surety Benjamin Wray, minister Wilson Turner.[35]
There were children by this marriage, but the names are not known to the writer.
In his will, Elijah Poteet gave all his possessions to his "dearly beloved
friend Elijah Hughes". The Hughes Cemetery is on the Elijah Hughes farm now
owned by Mrs. Whitt Perdue and her son.

Josiah Fisher, father of Lucy I. Fisher, was a son of Sallie (Angle)
Fisher who died some time in 1880.[36]

Josiah Fisher died during the Civil War. He was brought back from the
war, and is believed to have been buried in the Lumsden Cemetery near Rocky
Mount, Va. Julina (Hughes) Fisher then married William "Bill" Thurman,
and by him had six more children.[38]
Julina died in Franklin County, Va., Jan. 20, 1891.[39]

Calvin Lewis Chitwood helped his father, Jefferson, run their mill. He
and lucy raised a family of five children, all born in Franklin County, Va.[40]

Children
of Calvin Lewis and Lucy (Fisher) Chitwood:

1. Sarah "Sallie" E. Chitwood, b. Jan. 4, 1874; d. July 26,
1959, buried in Evergreen Cemetery at Roanoke, Va. She taught school in the
Gills Creek District of Franklin Co., Va. She never married.

5. Almira Fanny Chitwood, b. March 10, 1893, in Franklin Co., Va.; m.
Dec. 25, 1912, at Rocky Mount, Va., to Walter P. Holland, b. Oct 29, 1888, at
Rocky Mount, Va. Walter was the son of William Pierce Holland and Virginia
Elizabeth Poindextor (dau of John W. and Mat. Poindextor); and the grandson of
Peter Lewis Holland. Poindextor and Holland families are found in the 1810
Census for Franklin Co., Va., and the Holland family as early as the 1786 Tax
list.[41]

Born
- Feb. 14, 1855/54, in Franklin Co., Va.; died Feb. 2, 1928, and bur. in the old
Chitwood Cemetery near Rocky Mount, Va. (location described as on Rt 122 East).
He married Elize Smith, Jan. 19, 1882. Her grave-marker in the cemetery gives
her name to be Annie E. Chitwood, born Apr. 19, 1858, died July 15, 1950.[42]

Born
- April 12, 1858, in Franklin Co., Va.; died Dec. 27, 1927, in the same county.
She married William Harriston Hurt, son of Amerlia Hurt. They separated.

The
children of William Harriston and Almira Virginia (Chitwood) Hurt:

1. George Hurt, married Ruth Perfater, and later separated.
It was thought by both Mrs. Walter P. Holland and her sister, Sally Chitwood,
that Ruth (Perfater) Hurt has the old Chitwood Bible, but this is not certain.

2. Price Hurt. He was married, and later separated. His
wife's name is unknown to the writer.

3.
Albert Hurt, died in infancy.

LEE
FRANKLIN CHITWOOD(11)

Born
- August 18, 1861, in Franklin Co., Va.; died June 15, 1927, in same county and
state; buried at Flint Hill Methodist Church, near Wirtz, Va. (located near the
Lumsden Cemetery. Birth and death dates confirmed by Bible records[45]
and from inscription on his grave marker.[46]

Lee
married 1st, to Louisa C. Hall (known as Aunt Lute), whose grave marker gives
her dates: 1863-1916. She is buried at Conway Springs, Kans. Lee went West to
Kansas to homestead, and came back to Virginia several times, and died in Va.[1]

"My father homesteaded in Kansas. But he gave up his homestead to
his brother, and Daddy came back East. He and your great, great Uncles Lee and
John Thomas were old cronies on the Kansas Plains. I have been to Kansas three
times on western trips and live again all the fascinating things Pop told me
about Pioneer days in that country. I always looked forward to Cousin Lee's

visits
back East. They often came in Winter and stayed about a week with us. I just
loved him."[2]

Lee Franklin Chitwood married second, at Bristol, Va., to Vicie Dillon
(Aug. 29, 1877 - Apr. 20, 1956).[3]
She was buried in the Flint Hill Cemetery where her husband is buried. This
was probably the 4th marriage for Vicie; also thought to have been a Chitwood
at the time of her marriage to Lee Franklin Chitwood.

One
child was born to Lee Franklin and Vicie (Dillon) Chitwood:

1. "Infant of Lee and Vicie Chitwood, Born & Died Oct. 3,
1918." Buried in the old Chitwood Cemetery near Rocky Mount, Va.[4]

SIXTH GENERATION IN AMERICA

17:George Washington Chitwood,

of Franklin County, Virginia

Tradition tells that George. W. Chitwood named himself; Census records of
1850 prove that at the age of five years, George still had no name. He was born
near Rocky Mount, Va., in Franklin Co., on May 28, 1844. He was the fifth child
in the family of Jefferson and Lucy Catherine (Lumsden) Chitwood. He was better
known as "Uncle Dock" by the members of the family; had greyish blue
eyes; and though not fat, is remembered by his daughter, Faire, as being on the
short side and stalky.[5]

George W. Chitwood died at Conway Springs, Kans., March 4, 1924, and is
buried in the Conway Springs Cemetery beside his wife.[6]

He helped his father, Jefferson, run the mill which was located on the
waters of Magodee Creek, near where they lived close to Rocky Mount, Va. This
was a combination corn, wheat and saw mill.

George was sixteen years old when he ran away from home to become a
soldier in General Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army. Being underage, he had to
lie about his age in order to enlist. He enlisted in Franklin Co., Va. on June
17, 1861, and served as a private of Co. D 2nd Reg't of Virginia Cavalry. He is
on the muster roll until Aug. 1864, serving under Capt. S. Hale, Capt. Saunders
and Capt. Trent.[7]
His obituary[8]
tells that he was with General Robert E. Lee at Appomattox, and that at the
surrender he hid his gun under a log and started for his home without further
ceremony.

From Bethel (Chitwood) Dickson (dau of George Lee Chitwood) it was
learned that she and the other children were told not to talk of Lincoln, that
George Washington Chitwood definitely had no use for him. Faire (Chitwood) Wolf
added that her father (George W. Chitwood) fought against his brother-in-law
(unknown to the writer), but they did not know each other at that time. She said
that George came home with a bullet hole in his hat, and that was close enough!
George Frederick Chitwood, a grandson, remembered that "Uncle Dock"
was one of two Confederate Veterans in the Conway Springs, Kansas area. Being
Confederate, he received no pension, as did those men of the Union Army. The
Union Army Veterans were prone to kid George about having lost the war. He
always had a quick answer for them. His response was, "Yes, you whipped us,
but we sure crippled you, because you all have to live on pensions!"

George W. Chitwood married in Franklin County, Va., on January 23, 1867,
to Matilda Octave Metts, a dau. of John and Matilda (Lynch) Metts of Franklin
Co., Va. He and Matilda (called Tave) lived in a house on a hill back of the
mill his father ran. Six children were born there, before moving to Kansas.

About 1880 George W. Chitwood temporarily left his family in Virginia,
and went to Kansas where he bought 80 acres of land. Matilda and their six
children then followed by train and joined him there. The family settled in the
old Greencastle locality east of Conway Springs, Kansas. Six more children were
born in Kansas. One unhappy fact is that George drank more than he should have,
and this was brought up during a visit between Mrs. Walter P. Holland and the
writer of this book in Roanoke, Va., Oct. 1963. Mrs. Holland was asked if she
knew if George ever came back to Virginia when once he had left, and her answer
was:

"Oh yes, he came back to Virginia. I guess I wasn't over ten years
old when he came here to the home of his brother, Calvin. You knew he drank?
Well, he was with a cousin of ours, and my daddy lent him a horse to ride. My
mother was sitting in the kitchen sewing, and I remember it just as well as if
it were yesterday. He had a bottle in his pocket, an overcoat, and it slipped
out and fell on the floor. My mother said, 'You dripped your bottle!' He said,
'No, it ain't my bottle, no, it ain't mine!' He would not have
it!"

George was no different from anyone else. He had bad traits as well as
good. His bad trait, the drinking, was an influence in the break-up of his and
Matilda's marriage for a time.

From a Wellington, Kansas newspaper:

Oct. 20, 1904. - The divorce granted Mrs. George Chitwood of Conway
Springs neighborhood at the beginning of the present term of court, was set
aside Monday upon the request of Mrs. Chitwood, and the husband and wife have
gone to living together again. A reconcilliation having been effected.

George W. Chitwood was as honest as they come. He claimed his word was as
good as his deed, and it was. He was very good at curing meat. He would butcher
and hang the meat up in a tall tree, and could make sausage and head cheese from
pork that beat any woman's.[9]
George Lee Chitwood (a son) and his family lived across the road from his
father, George W., who never missed coming over to see them while they ate
dinner. He was always asked to have dinner with them, but he would say, "I
went through the motion." George W. Chitwood was always very strict with
his children.

After Matilda's death in 1909, George W. Chitwood married again. This
marriage ended in divorce, and he lived by himself from then until he died. He
cooked his own meals and took care of his house by himself. He studied his Bible
in his later years, and in the summertime would hitch up his horse to the buggy
and drive to town to church and Sunday school, four miles one way. Arrangements
were made with his son, George Lee Chitwood, that he, George W., was to hang a
white cloth on the back porch if ever there was any need for help. The white
cloth appeared one day about noontime, and George W. Chitwood passed away a few
days later.

Sarah
A. Chitwood wanted a divorce from her husband, George W. Chitwood, very badly
yesterday. Mr. Chitwood was not averse. The case had been filed in due form, but
when the parties got together in division No. 2 of the district court yesterday
there was no court. The judge was absent. Attorneys for Mr. and Mrs. Chitwood
agreed that they must get the divorce right away, so they agreed upon W. A.
Ayers for judge pro tem. He was duly sworn in by the clerk of the court and sat
in the case. He granted Mrs. Chitwood her divorce 2,000.00 in alimony and her
maiden name of Sarah A. Boaz.

Death claimed another of Sumner County's oldest pioneers when Geo.
Chitwood, Sr., died Tuesday morning at the age of 80 years, at the old farm home
four miles east of Conway Springs were he spent more than half of his life time.

The Chitwoods are of one of the most widely known families in this
portion of the county, as most of Mr. Chitwood's sons and a daughter have
married and all reared their families in this locality. During his long
residence here the deceased made many long time friendships and kept clean his
record as always dealing squarely with his associates.

Geo. Chitwood was born in May 1844 in Franklin Co., Va. Died at farm east
of Conways Springs at 11:30 on Tuesday morning, March 4, 1924.

He was married to Matilda Octave Metts, Jan. 23, 1866. To this union were
born twelve children of whom the following seven survive: Wm. of Kansas City,
Mrs. Jennie Mayfield of Wichita, Henry, George and Jim, all of Conway Springs;
Lawrence of Wellington, Farrie of Kansas City.

The family came to Kansas and settled in Sumner County east of Conway
Springs in 1881, and at the time of his death Mr. Chitwood had lived at the same
farm home for more than forty years. He was a Confederate soldier and was with
General Robt. E. Lee at Appomattox, and at the surrender he hid his gun under a
log and started for his home without further ceremony.

The wife died April 9, 1909. Besides the seven children, he is survived
by three brothers and one sister who are Calvin and Jimmie Chitwood of Roanoke,
Va., Lee Chitwood of Kingman, Kans., and Mrs. Almira Hurst; also twenty-six
grandchildren.

Funeral services will be conducted from the home by Rev. A. B. Kirk on
Thursday morning at 10 o'clock, and interment at the local cemetery.

The
children of George Washington and Matilda Octave (Metts) Chitwood:

1. William Alexander Chitwood, b. Apr. 20, 1868.

2. Virginia Franklin Chitwood, b. Sep. 21, 1869.

3. John Thomas Chitwood, b. Sep. 4, 1871.

4. Henry Washington Chitwood, b. Nov. 26, 1873.

5. George Lee Chitwood, b. Nov. 28, 1876.

6. James Calvin Chitwood, b. Nov. 18, 1878.

7. Nannie Matilda Chitwood, b. Mar. 6, 1881.

8. Jessee Wilson Chitwood, b. Apr. 20, 1883.

9. Lawrence Ladrew Chitwood, b. Dec. 24, 1884.

10.
unnamed infant dau. (no dates given)

11.
Ethel M. Chitwood, b. Jan. 27, 1890.

12.
Ferrie Violet Chitwood, b. July 16, 1892.

Four
small white markers near the graves of George and Matilda mark the graves of the
children who did not reach maturity:

Matilda Octave Metts, better known as "Tave" or "Tavie",
was the mother of Virginia Franklin (Chitwood) Mayfield, to whom this book is
dedicated. Tave was born Sep. 3, 1847, in Franklin County, Va., the daughter of
John and Matilda (Lynch) Metts.

Very little has been found about Tave's life as a young girl, except that
Callie Pamelia (Perdue) Lynch, an elderly aunt of Mrs. L. L. Steffey of Bristol,
Tenn., once told Mrs. Steffey that Sarah (Lynch) Perdue (the grandmother of Mrs.
Steffey) and Tavie Metts went to Primitive Baptist Associations together.

Matilda Octave's youngest child, Faire, recalled that her mother was a
beautiful dancer, tall, graceful and jolly, and was considered to be a
"Virginia Belle" when she was young. Everyone did the Virginia Reel in
those days, and Faire said she used to watch her parents, George and Matilda,
dance at their home in the country in Kansas many years ago when Faire was
small. Mrs. George Lee Chitwood of Conway Springs, Kans., added that the
Chitwoods could "cut a swing and hoop it up", the Virginia Reel being
easy for them. She remembered also that Matilda was a very neat housekeeper and
very quick at her work.

Life was not always gay for Tave, for, as with all young brides, she was
homesick at times to see her family. She often related to Mrs. George Lee
Chitwood (her daughter-in-law) that she was so homesick while still in Virginia,
that she put her eldest son (William Alexander) on the horse in front of her,
and, with her baby daughter (Virginia Franklin) in her arms, rode all the way to
her parents' home to see her family. This was a considerable distance to ride
with two very young children.

Matilda Octave never lost the charm of her southern background and
accent. Bruce Mayfield, a grandson of Tulsa, Okla., remembers that the children
of the Conway Springs neighborhood always loved to gather around her and listen
to her talk. She was loved by all.

The name and the date of the newspaper, in which the following obituary
for Matilda Octave was published, are missing. However, there is little doubt
that the clipping was from the Conway
Springs Star, which is still the local newspaper. The original clipping is
owned by Geraldine (Chitwood) Williams, wife of John Roscoe Williams, of
Wichita, Kans.

Mrs. Matilda Octave Chitwood died of consumption at her home four miles
east of Conway Springs on Friday afternoon April 9th, 1909.

The deceased was born in Franklin County, Vir., Sept. 3, 1847. She was
married to G. W. Chitwood Jan. 23, 1867, and came to Kansas in 1880.

She became the mother of twelve children, of whom five are dead. The
survivors are Mrs. Jennie Mayfield, William, Henry, James, George, Laurence and
Fairy.

Funeral services were conducted at the home on Sunday, at eleven o'clock
N. K. Simpson, pastor of the Free Baptist Church at Anson, officiating after
which the remains were taken to Conway Springs cemetery for interment.

Metts Family

Tradition tells us that the Metts family of Franklin Co., Va., was from
France. Census records spell it two ways: Metts and Metz. Faire (Chitwood) Wolf
remembers her mother, Matilda Octave, telling that the correct spelling of their
name was Metts because they were French. Research has not yet determined the
year our first Metts ancestor came to America, but the earliest one found and
proven is John Metts who was born in Virginia in 1805.[11]

No Metts or Metz names were found in 1810 or 1820 Census records for
Franklin Co., Va., showing that the family was living elsewhere during those
years. By 1830 there were four householders of the name of Metz in the county of
Franklin: Archibald, John, Thomas and another (and younger) John. The 1840
Census shows a change in the spelling of the name to Metts, with three of the
name as householders: John, Thos. and Archibald.

John Metts[12]
appears again in the 1850 Census, and is the father of Matilda Octave.

Thomas Metts[13]
does not appear in 1850, but it is probable that he had a wife Lucy and that
they have descendants. A marriage record shows John W. Metts, whose parents were
Thomas and Lucy Metts, married Sallie E. Fralin on Dec. 20, 1858.[14]
Also, Thos. Metts married Lucy Willard, Dec. 27, 1824. Sur. Thos. Metts.[15]

Archibald Metts, the third householder of the name in the 1840 Census,
appears with Susan of the same age, in the 1850 Census.

John
Metts, earliest proven ancestor in America.

Born
- ca 1805, in Virginia;[16]
date of death unkn, some time after 1850.

Married
- March 18, 1825, to Matilda Lynch, b. ca. 1807 in Va., dau of James and
Elizabeth (Ashwell) Lynch of Bedford Co., Va.[17]

Four children, 3 girls and 1 boy, all under the age of five years, appear
in the family of John Metz in 1830. There was also a female 70-80 yrs (b.
1750-60) living with them, who was gone by 1840. From these records of 1830, 40
and 50, we are able to compile a list of the children in the household of John
and Matilda Metts:

John
Henry Metts married Mary Ayers in Franklin Co, Va., Jan. 5, 1866. His parents,
John and Matilda Metts.[21]

John
Henry Metts married Martha Nunn, Sep. 17, 1882, his parents given as John and
Matilda Metts.[22]

George
W. Chitwood married Matilda Octave Metts, Jan. 23, 1867, at Franklin Co., Va.
Her parents were John and Matilda Metts of Franklin Co., Va., married by John R.
Martin.[23]

Lynch - Whirley Family

Patrick Lynch was a great-grandfather of Matilda Octave (Metts) Chitwood.
We learn from tradition, not from proof, that the ancestor of Patrick Lynch came
from Ireland. According to this tradition, Patrick's ancestor and a brother were
lured aboard a ship from the shores of Ireland, and brought to America where
they were put out as "bound boys". Years later, during a return visit
to Ireland, this same ancestor tried to prove to his old father the he was his
son, but the father did not believe him. He was thought to be an impostor,
trying to get a part of the estate. This story was told often to Mrs. L. L.
Steffey, of Bristol, Tenn., by her aunt and by her mother, Annie Kitty (Perdue)
Lumsden, great-granddaughters of Patrick Lynch.

Patrick
Lynch, earliest proven ancestor.

Birth
place and date are unknown. He died May 9, 1832, at his residence in Bedford
Co., Va.

Patrick
was a soldier in the Revolutionary War, as the following documents show, serving
two tours of duty in Maryland before coming to Virginia; two after coming to
Virginia; and four tours after his marriage in Va.

The document, copied further, shows that Patrick Lynch came to Bedford
Co., Va., in the fall of 1779 with Frayl (or Flayl) Payne, driving Payne's team
and wagon, and lived with him until the next year (April 1780). He served in the
Revolutionary War most of the time from then until after the surrender of
Cornwallis at Yorktown.

Patrick married in November of 1780, in Bedford Co., Va., to Martha
Whirley (b. ca 1748, see further; and d. March 9, 1843 in Bedford Co., Va.) The
marriage was witnessed by Cap. John P. Nichols, Jane Hancock and Archebald
Nichols, neighbors of theirs at that time living within a few miles of Patrick
Lynch. Soon after his marriage, Patrick went to New London in Campbell Co., Va.,
and hired himself as a substitute for a St. Clair, and served a 3 month tour
under Cap. Buford. In a statement made by Martha, she remembered it well because
she had much difficulty getting along and tending her crops while he was gone.[24]
Martha was issued pension of 20 dollars a year for her husband's Rev. War
service, but she didn't live long enough to use the pension.

The documents, copies of which follow, show that only two children were
born to Patrick and Martha (Whirley) Lynch:James and Thomas.

Record
of Virginia. Patrick Lynch, deceased, of Bedford in the State of Virginia who
was a private in the compy: commanded by Captain Trigg in the Md and Virginia
line for Cmontty (?)

Inscribed
on the Roll of Richmond at the rate of 20 Dollars per annum to commence on the
4th day of March 1831 & Ending on the 9 May, 1832, day of his death.

Certificate of Pension issued the 8th: day of October 1845, and sent to
H. Dillard, Glade Hill, Franklin Coy: Va.

Arrears to the 4th of

Semi-annual allowance ending

$27.21

Revolutionary Claim,

Act June 7, 1832

Recorded
by U. M. Steuart Clerk,

Book
E.2 Vol. 692 (or 672 or 612) Page 22.

_______________

Bedford
County of State of Virginia to Wit -

The affidavit of James Lynch of the County aforesaid aged Fifty five
years. Who being first sworn doth on his Oath state, That his Father Pattrick
Lynch, the husband of Martha Lynch, the present Claimant died on the 7th day May
1833. That he was present and assisted at his burial. That from his earliest
recollection he has heard his father the said Pattrick Lynch speak of being in
the Revolutionary War and of circumstances that occurred during that service but
he cannot recollect all the circumstances distinct enough to state them. He has
heard him frequently speak of the skirmishing parties and battles that he was
in. That he well recollects hearing him say that he was at the Battle of
Guilford and in the taking of Corn Wallace at Little York. That his mother
Martha Lynch is the Widow of Pattrick Lynch, that she is now a Widow and has
never since been married, and that he has no doubt that his Father Pattrick
Lynch served through the greater portion of the War of the Revolution.

James (his X mark) Lynch

Bedford
County, State of Virginia to Wit

I hereby certify that James Lynch who has sworn and subscribed to the
foregoing affidavit is a man of respectability and good standing in Society and
that full reliance may be placed upon his testimony, Given under my hand this
19th day of September 1839.

Lewis Wingfield,J.P.

_______________

State
of Virginia

Bedford
County to Wit

On this 31st day of August 1841 personally appeared before me Christopher
Morgan a Justice of the peace in and for the County aforesaid, Martha Lynch a
resident of the State of Virginia in the County of Bedford, aged Ninety Three
years, who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on her Oath make the
following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provisions made by
the Act of Congress passeed July 4th 1836 -

That she is the widow of Pattrick Lynch who was a Soldier in the War of
the Revolution. that from old age and the consequent loss of memory she is
unable to state the particulars, of even a single one, of the many touers of
duty. She verily believes her husband served in the War of the Revolution. That
she has a distinct recollection, that he was called on, and served four touers
of duty after they were married, a circumstance that impresses this fact so
distinctly on her memory, is that she had no help in his absence to cultivate
her crop, and was compelled to hire help. That she always understood from her
husband that he served two touers of duty in Maryland before he came to Virginia
and two after he came to Virginia before they were married and as before stated,
four afterwards. That she often heard him, conversing with herself, and Mary
Atters (?) speak of the various touers of duty that he has served, and of many
things that happened while in Service, but that her memory has, from old age now
become so defective, that she cannot undertake to relate them, that she has no
record evidence of his Revolutionary Services, but relies on the evidence hereto
annexed, of Cap. John P. Nichols, Archibold Nichols, Martin Woody, Cap. John
Buford, Isaac Cundiff, Cap. William Arthed, and Thayl Payne, a part of whom
served with my husband in the Revolutionary War, and have been our neighbors
ever since, and to the testimony of James Lynch as to the time of his death, I
can obtain no record evidence of our marriage, and supposed there is none now in
existence, but refer to testimony of Cap. John P. Nichols, Jane Hancock and
Archebald Nichols, who was present at the time of the marriage and saw it take
place and was then our neighbours and has lived within a few miles of us ever
since.

She further declares that she was married to said Pattrick Lynch on the
--- day of November 1780. That her husband the aforesaid Pattrick Lynch died on
the 7th day of May 1832 and that she has remained a widow ensince that period as
will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed.

Martha (her X mark) Lynch

The
Affidavit of Martha Lynch, Widow of Pattrick Lynch decd. made in reply to, and
explanatory of a statement or declaration heretofore made in order to obtain a
pension for the services of her deceased husband Pattrick Lynch, deposeth, and
sayeth; That she and her husband were both entirely illiterate, being unable to
read or write and that their children were raised without learning and that
therefore there was no family record of any kind ever kept, but as before stated
on oath, her marriage was legal and she relies on the evidence of Mrs. Jane
Hancock and Cap. John P. Nichols, who was present and saw the marriage take
place, to substantiate the fact, as there can be no record evidence of the fact
produced, and also as relates to the Testimony of Cap John Buford, States, That
a touer proved by Cap J. Beauford is a separate and distinct touer from any of
those proven by others. That is, she verily believes so, because her Husband the
said Lynch left home, alone, to go the New London in Campbell County, where the
Company had halted for a short time for the purpose of hireing himself as a
substitute, that he hired himself to Cap Buford as a substitute for one St.
Clair, that he was examined and received as she then understood by the proper
officers, and marched into service and served a 3 months touer. The
circumstances that places this matter so distinctly on her memory is, that it
took place very shortly after her marriage and that she had much difficulty in
making out to get along in his absence having to tend her crops and hire help
herself to do it while he was gone and further saith not.

Martha (her X mark) Lynch(Seal)

Bedford
County to Wit -

This day Martha Lynch appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and
for the County aforesaid and subscribed and made oath to the above affidavit.
Given under my hand this 18th day of January 1842

Chris Morgan, J.P.

______________

Virginia.Martha Lynch, deceased, widow of Patrick Lynch, who was a private in the
Maryland & in the Virginia line.

Inscribed
on the Roll at the rate of 20 DollarsCents per annum, to commence the 4th day of March, 1843. & ending on
9 March, 1843, when she died.

Certificate
of Pension issued 8th day of Oct: 1845 and sent to H. Dillard, Glade Hill,
Franklin Coy: Va.

Act
of March 3, 1843

Recorded
in Book A

Vol.
2Page 142 (or 742?)

_______________

State
of Virginia )SSDECLARATION

Bedford
County)

On this 28th day of July one thousand eight hundred and forty five
personally appeared in open court before the Court of Bedford County now
sitting; James Lynch a resident of said county, who being first duly sworn
according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to
obtain the benefit of the acts of Congress passed June 7, 1832, and the 7th July
1838; That he is the son of legal heir of Patrick Lynch; who was a private of
malitia in the war of the revolution, as will appear by the evidence accompaning
this declaration, and on file in the Pension Office at Washington; That his
father the said Patrick Lynch died at his residence in Bedford County Virginia
on the 9th day of May 1832, That his mother Martha, survived her husband the
said Patrick Lynch, and remained his widow to the time of her death, which took
place at her residence in this (Bedford) County, on the ninth day of March 1843.

That his father the said Patrick Lynch was married to Martha Whirley (his
mother) prior to the 1st day of January 1794, for the proof of which he relies
upon the evidence of respectable & credible persons, as he has no record or
documentary evidence by which the exact time of marriage can be ascertained; nor
can any record or other evidence of the marriage be obtained from the Clerks
Office of the Court of Bedford County; the County in which they were married.
That he relies upon the Justice of the Commissioner of Pensions to allow to him
and his brother Thomas Lynch (the only two children of their parents) the amount
of pension which his mother was entitled to under the acts of Congress above
named at the time of her death. That he is now according to the best calculation
he can make (having no record of his age) in his sixty-fourth year.

Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written.

James (his X mark) Lynch

_______________

State
of Virginia

At a Court held for Bedford County at the Court House on Monday the 28th
day of July 1845.

James Lynch an applicant for a pension under the Acts of Congress passed
June 7th 1832 and the 7th of July 1838, this day appeared in open Court and
filed his declaration and made oath thereto, and the Court having examined the
same doth certify the same to the War Department and doth order it to be further
certified that the same James Lynch is a son and heir at law of Patrick Lynch
deceased who was a private in the War of the Revolution. That the said Patrick
Lynch died in this county on the 9th day of May 1832 leaving a widow, who died
on the 9th of March 1843. And that William W. Reese before whom the affidavit of
John Nichols is sworn to is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for this
county.

I John R. Steptoe Clerk of the County Court of Bedford in the State of
Virginia do certify the above to be a true transcript from the records of said
Court.

In
testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said
Court, this 28 day of July 1845.

Jno. R. Steptoe C.B.C.

_______________

State
of Virginia) SSOn this 27th day of August

Bedford
County)one
thousand eight hundred and forty five.

Personally appeared before the subscriber a Justice of the Peace in and
for said County Thomas Payne aged about 78 years, who I hereby certify to be a
respectable citizen of the aforesaid county (Bedford) entitled to credibility,
who first being duly sworn according to law doth sayThat he came with his father and family from Frederick County State of
Maryland in the year 1773 to the County of Bedford, Virginia, where he has ever
since resided. That he well remembers that Frayl Payne (this deponants uncle)
came to the said county of Bedford in the fall of the year 1779, and settled
within a mile of this deponants residence, that Patrick Lynch came with the said
Frayl Payne driveing his wagon & team. That the said Lynch lived with the
said Frayl Payne until the next year untill after the planting of corn time
(April) when as this deponent believes he entered into the revolutionary
struggle. That the said Lynch was away from his place of residence something
like eight months as well as this deponant recollects, before he returned; that
when he did return he brought with him two horses which was said to have been
given him for his services as a substitute for some person or persons whose
place he took in the Revolutionary War. That the said Lynch did not remain at
home (Frayl Paynes where he made his home when not in service) long before he
was again absent in defence of his country as this deponant believes, and
remained untill after the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. This deponant has
heard the said Lynch speak of his having been in the war; of his service at
Ninety Six and in the Carolinas JC (?) and of his fondness for the soldiers
life, and believes he was in service the greater portion of his time, from the
Spring of 1780 to the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown either serving his own
tours of duty or substituting for others, This deponent has heard and believes
his having substituted for John Buford.

This deponant recollects the said Lynch having been at home (Payne) after
the surrender of Cornwallis untill his marriage, which the deponant believes to
have been the fall or winter after the surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown, This
deponant states that his so well recollecting the surrender of Cornwallis is
from the fact of his very shortly afterward started with his team to Richmond
Va. to trade for salt for himself and neighbors when upon his arrival at
Richmond his team was pressed into service to haul the munitions of War taken at
the surrender of Cornwallis, from Rocketts landing on James river, below
Richmond, up to Shockoe Hill, Richmond which service he rendered for five days,
for which he never received any pay. This deponant states that he was married in
the fall of the year 1783 and the said Patrick Lynch and Patsey (Martha) were
living together as man and wife prior to that time his own marriage. And further
this deponant sayeth not.

Born,
ca 1781, in Bedford Co., Va.; died -----.[27]
He married Elizabeth Ashwell in 1806. John and Nelly Ashwell gave consent to the
marriage.[28]

The children of James Lynch were also located by Mrs. L. L. Steffey, who
tells that in the Bedford Co., Va. Marriage Records they were all given as
children of James Lynch. She believes the last three might be of a second
marriage:

A.Matilda Lynch,
b. ca 1807 (prob. Bedford or Franklin Co., Va., where the family settled); m.
March 18, 1825, to John Metts.[29]Probably
12 children born, the 12th one being Matilda Octave, b. Sep. 3, 1847, m. to
George W. Chitwood.[30]

Sarah (Lynch) Perdue was tall and thin; had reddish hair, and was very
proud. Her parents had financial problems, and it hurt her pride knowing that
her parents were dependent on her husband's generosity. She abhorred wrongdoing
in any form. When anyone did wrong, it was her belief that they did not deserve
forgiveness. She once refused to shake hands with a culprit at a public hanging.

The Lynch's had wonderful singing voices. One of the men, an uncle of
Annie Kitty Perdue, could be heard whistling or singing a half mile away. One of
Sarah's sons, Tom Lynch, could yodel and sing Irish songs wonderfully. Sarah
(Lynch) Perdue played the fiddle by ear, and her daughter, Annie Kitty, said
that her mother could pat her foot and make the violin talk.

Eight of the twelve children born to George W. and Matilda Octave (Metts)
Chitwood lived to maturity. Six of the eight were born in Virginia, and two in
Kansas. The following information concerns these eight that lived, and their
descendants, as given to the writer of this book from Bible and family records
by the individual families.

6.Olive Elnora
Chitwood, b. Aug. 22, 1906, at Denison, Texas; m. April 16, 1925, at Eureka,
Kans., to Orbie Estel Hupp, (b. Feb. 5, 1900, at Richland, Kansas, son of Tom
and Lucy (Williams) Hupp.) This family living in 1964 at 3515 Kerry, Topeka,
Kans. Six children were born:

D.Farrie
Lorraine Hupp, b. Feb. 22, 1936, at Overbrook, Kans.; m. May 6, 1954, at
Topeka, Kans., to Donald Medeiros, (b. Dec. 17, 1929, at Fall River, Mass.,
son of Anabel and June (Crowther) Medeiros). Three children born to them:

Three
children were born to Henry Washington and Della D. (Staton) Chitwood:

1. Russell Arley Chitwood, b. Dec. 25, 1897, at Conway
Springs, Kans; d. Feb. 25, 1947, bur. in Conway Springs, Kans., Cemetery.
Married June 20, 1917, to Pyrle L. Carter (b. Dec. 15, 1897). Before her
marriage to Russell Arley Chitwood, Pyrle Carter lived with her grandparents
by the name of Snowden, who lived south of the home of Henry and Della
Chitwood. Russell and Pyrle lived with Pyrle's grandad for a while after they
were married.

Ten years after the death of Russell Arley Chitwood, his widow, Pyrle,
married again (1957) to Mr. Leo Nauman, and they live near Augusta, Kans.

Two
children were born to Russell Arley and Pyrle (Carter) Chitwood:

A.Russell
Chitwood, Jr., b. July 16, 1918, at Conway Springs, Kans.; d. Aug. 21, 1945,
near Rodeo, New Mexico. His grave-marker in the Conway Springs Cemetery reads,
"Ensign Russell Chitwood, Jr., 1918-1945." He was a Navy ferry pilot
and was killed at 10 A.M., when his plane collided in mid-air (altitude of
9000 ft.) with an Army B25 training plane (Mitchell bomber). He was flying a
navy fighter based at San Pedro, Calif. Although somewhat damaged, the army
plane was able to return to its base at Douglas, Arizona.

When the war broke out the Government employed him as an instructor and
he later served as a test pilot for Douglas Aircraft. He later enlised in the
Navy, and was ferrying airplanes when the accident took his life. He was a
member of the first class to take aviation training at Kansas University and
the first in the State of Kansas to receive his pilot's license under the
Civil Aeronautics Authority University Training Program. In 1948 one of the 51
bells for the University of Kansas World War II Memorial Carillon was
purchased by Ray J. Shetlar, formerly of Conway Springs, and now an attorney
and abstractor at Johnson, Kans. Mrs. Shetlar purchased the bell for $250.00
and designated that the bell be named as a memorial to Russell Chitwood, Jr.

B.Lloyd Gale
Chitwood, b. Oct. 9, 1922, Conway Springs, Kans.; d. May 24, 1956, at Mountain
Home, Ark., bur. in Conway Springs, Kansas, Cemetery. He was showing a gun
when it went off, and he died enroute to the hospital in Arkansas. He had a
cabin resort on Bulls Shoals Dam near Flippin, Ark., and that was the place
where the accident occurred. Lloyd Gale m. 1st, March 22, 1947, at Newton,
Kans., to Doris Jodon (b. 1926, dau of Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Jodon of Conway
Springs, Kans); divorced in May 1948, and she remarried and lives in Wichita,
Kans. Her second husband has since died. One child by her marriage to Lloyd
Gale Chitwood, and two children by her second marriage.

Lloyd
Gale m. 2nd, to Dixie Lee ----, whose parents live in Wichita, Kans. Lloyd and
Dixie bought the resort in Arkansas where he died.

The marriage of Miss Leora Caler and George Chitwood was solemnized at
the home of the bride's mother, 543 North Oak Street at 12:15 A.M., Wednesday,
July 26th.

The bride was attired in a lovely champagne colored silk, the groom
wore the conventional black.

The ceremony was performed by Rev. Irwin, after which refreshments were
served.

Those participating were Ralph Caler, brother of the bride; Farrie and
Lawrence Chitwood, sister and brother of the groom from Conway Springs; Mrs.
M. Whims and daughters Rachael and Ida, Ida Lagenstein of Peck; Katherine Cohl
of Benton, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Turner, Roy Turner, Lew and Ed. Whims, Frank
Ingalls and Clyde Hooper of Conway Springs. Mr. and Mrs. George Chitwood
started for their home at Conway Springs that morning at 11 o'clock, where
they will be at home to their many friends.[6]

YOUNG COUPLE WED JUST AS DAY BEGINS

Marriage Service Was Read at Midnight

AT HOME OF THE BRIDE

Unusual Hour Was Chosen for Ceremony

Wishing to begin their wedded life at the beginning of the day, George
L. Chitwood of Conway Springs and Miss Ida Leora Caler were married at 12:10
this morning. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Irwin of the West Side
Presbyterian church.

The parlors of the home at 543 North Oates street were beautifully
decorated with flowers, ribbons and potted plants. The ceremony was performed
under a canopy of flowers. Just as the clock struck the hour of midnight the
bridal party formed in the hall and marched to the altar, where the minister
met them. After a few words of advice Rev. Irwin read the marriage service of
the Presbyterian church and almost before the clocks had finished striking the
hour the young people were husband and wife.

This is the first wedding arranged for such an unusual hour ever
recorded in this city. The guests were invited to come early in the evening
and a pleasant social time was enjoyed until time for the ceremony to be
performed. The novelty of the time selected kept the guests in high good humor
during the evening.

Miss Caler is 24 years of age and has been a resident of this city for
a number of years. She is the daughter of Mrs. James Caler. Mr. Chitwood is 28
years old and is a quite well-to-do farmer living near Conway Springs. He has
one of the finest farms in Sumner County. He has been a resident of Kansas for
a number of years and by hard work has made a good beginning for a substantial
fortune.

This morning the young couple will leave for their future home at
Conway Springs.[7]

A daughter of George Lee Chitwood, Bethel (Mrs. Jesse) Dickson, of
Conway Springs, Kans., describes her father in this manner:

"My Dad, George Lee, was not a church-going man, but I have
listened to him repeating Bible verses while sitting in the swing in the
evening, as if preaching. He went to revival meetings, and had tokens he had
received for memorizing Bible verses as a child. He invented and patented the
Wagon Jack and the Car Jack. He lived on the same corner for 71 years."

George Lee Chitwood's widow, known as "Aunt Ora", was asked
by the writer of this book for information concerning her life as a
dressmaker. Her response:

"I could always make a dress from a pattern or a picture. As a
child, I would slip materials out from my mother's patchwork. I would make a
doll dress for a friend's doll, and earn one or two cents. How I did slip
those pretty pieces! Later, I attended a fair in Wichita, where cards were
given out asking for names of those who wanted to be taught how to draft a
dress pattern. Miss Williams had a school that used a drafting system for
making patters from one's measurements, which was patented by the U. S.
Government. I still have the cardboard and instructions. Miss Williams asked
$5.00 for her instructions. I didn't have even five cents, but I asked my
Auntie if I could make a dress for her and her daughter, and she paid me $5.00
for the work.

"Miss Williams taught me how to draft a pattern, and I worked in
her dressmaking dept. She would use cambric, and with three or four different
sizes, she could use pins and fit different people. It was easy for me. In St.
Louis, the shops were so different. There were many people to be fitted. Some
way I managed, and then later on, in 1901, I set up a dressmaking shop at
Halstead, Kans., and spent a few seasons there. Many people there always
wanting a dress made."

"GEORGE CHITWOOD"

"Funeral services were held last Monday afternoon for George L.
Chitwood, 79, pioneer resident of east of Conway Springs.

"He suffered a heart attack on Wednesday of last week and died
Friday.

"Born on November 28, 1876, at Rocky Mount, Va., he was four years
of age when the family settled in the old Greencastle locality east of Conway
Springs.

"He was married to Ida Leora Caler on July 26, 1905 and the couple
celebrated their golden wedding anniversary last July.

"Survivors are his widow, Ida Leora; two sons, Fred and Paul of
Conway Springs and one daughter, Mrs. Bethel Johnson of Topeka; eight
grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; a brother, Henry of Conway Springs
and a sister, Mrs. Faire Wolf of Miami Shores, Fla.

"Services were held at the Presbyterian church with burial in kthe
Conway Springs cemetery.

1911,
at Conway Springs, Kans. Better known as "Fred". His name was
originally George Herman Frederick, and was registered this way for military
service during World War II, being named Herman but called Fred. Later, when
his daughter was born, his name was legally changed to George Frederick
Chitwood, and it is spelled that way on his daughter's birth certificate.[9]

George Frederick Chitwood was married on Feb. 4, 1940, at Wellington,
Kans., to Mildred Louise Timmis (b. July 25, 1919, at Pocahontas, Ark., dau of
George and Mary Nettie (Evans) Timmis, of Wellington, Kans.). They were
married at the Church of Christ parsonage at Wellington, Kans. by Bro. A. C.
Williams, Minister. They lived after their marriage, on the former Trollope
farm 3 miles east of Conway Springs, Kans.

Nelda
Charlene and family live in 1964 at 1817 S. Millwood, Wichita, Kansas.

2.Ralph Thomas
Chitwood, b. Jan. 6, 1904, at Conway Springs, Kansas; married 1st, May 13,
1928, to Jennette Julian, who d. May 15, 1930; married 2nd, Feb. 8, 1943, to
Viola ----. There were no children. The address of this family is 1319 Dora,
Wichita, Kansas.

Born
- Dec. 24, 1884, at Conway Springs, Kans. He died 1953, and is buried in the
Conway Springs Cemetery, at Conway Springs, Kans.

Lawrence Ladrew Chitwood married August 4, 1905, to Luella M. Flannigan.
She was born Sep. 2, 1885, at Somerset, Kentucky, and died February 25, 1965,
at Sylvania, Ohio. Her funeral services were held in the First Baptist Church
at Wellington, Kansas on March 3, 1965, and she was buried in the Conway
Spring Cemetery, near her husband.

Faire married first, Charles Allen, July 14, 1910, at Wellington,
Kans., but later separated. Charles Allen was born in Kentucky, but his
parents are not known.

After she and Charles Allen separated, Faire went to Wichita, Kans.,
where she worked as a clerk in a store during the daytime, and went to
secretarial school evenings. She worked hard and was successful. She held a
responsible position with the Kansas Gas & Electric Co., at Wichita,
Kans., during the years from 1924 5o 1928; then moved to Chicago, Ill., where
she became the secretary to the president of the Pure Oil Company during the
years 1928 to 1947. She married in Chicago on May 10, 1947 to Benjamin
Franklin Wolf, a widower. He was born Sep. 6, 1882, at Chicago, Ill, son of
Aaron and Sophia Dunno Wolf; he d. July 1, 1955, at Miami, Florida.

20: Chitwood Bible Records

Following are records from the family Bibles of Calvin Lewis Chitwood
and George Washington Chitwood, copied in 1964 by the writer of this book.

The Bible of Calvin Lewis Chitwood, son of Thomas Jefferson Chitwood,
was purchased at Rocky Mount, Va., in 1870, and is now owned by Robert Gray
Chitwood, of Roanoke, Va., a son of Calvin Lewis Chitwood. Some of the entries
were originally written in pencil, retraced in ink, and are difficult to read.

The second set of records is from the Bible of George W. and Matilda
Octave (Metts) Chitwood. One of the front pages of this Bible states that the
Bible was presented to M. O. Chitwood by J. T. Chitwood. This Bible is now
owned by George Frederick Chitwood, of Conway Springs, Kansas.

Bible of Calvin Lewis Chitwood

MARRIAGES

Calvin
L. Chitwood Was Married to Lucy I Fisher Feb the 13th (or 15th) 1873

Fanny
A. Chitwood was married to Walter P. Holland Dec. 25, 1912

Willie
J. Chitwood was married to Grover S. Dillon Nov. 14, 1916

R.
G. Chitwood & Ethel Palmer Married Dec. 24, 1917.

Va
Isabelle Holland to Galen Royer Showalter July 23, 1938

Theda
May Dillon Mr. Winter FergusonJan.
24, 1947

James
Lewis Chitwood to Marie Patterson Sept 3, 1948

Robert
Lawrence Chitwood to [this last part of original writing was erased and
rewritten, but believe it reads as follows, though blurred] Carol Jean
Hairfield June 6, 1953

BIRTHS

[Across
the top of the page]: Lucy Catherine Lumsden wife of Jefferson Chitwood 1814Born 1814

Calvin
L. Chitwood Was Born June the 15th 1852

Lucy
I Fisher Was Born Sept the 14th 1856

Sarah
Elizabeth Chitwood Was Born Janury the 4 1874

Charles
Albert Chitwood Was Born Janry the 19th 1876

Willie
J. Chitwood was born July the 10 1889

Robert
Gray Chitwood was Born June 22, 1891

Almira
Fanny Chitwood was born Mach 10th 1893

Virginia
Isabel Holland was born Oct. 15, 1913

Walter
P. Holland was born Oct. 29, 1888.

Ethel
Palmer was born Dec. 9, 1895

James
Louis Chitwood was born June 16, 1921 [the original writing was in pencil,
then traced over with ink, and it looks like the original was Lewis, but
retraced as Louis - uncertain]

Grover
S. Dillon was born Jan. 24, 1885

Theda
May Dillon was born Aug. 17, 1917

Lockey
W. Turner Died April 10, 1923

Lucy
M. Bays Died Jan 10, 1921

Syntha
A Skinnell died April 1st 1891

Robert
Lawrence Chitwood born Feb 6th 1932

[Written
along the inside (bound) edge of this page was the following]: Mamma's
Grandmother was Sallie Angle Fisher an old lady died some-where in 1880.
Written by Sallie E. Chitwood. [Also at the top of the page]:

Mary
Starke FerguersonBirth Sept 10,
1949

Sandra
Lee ChitwoodBirth Dec 14, 1950

Frances
Marie ShowalterBirth June 28,
1939

Kevin
Bruce ChitwoodBorn Dec. 12, 1955

BIRTHS

Lockey
Thurman was born Dec. 3, 1789

Jefferson
Chitwood ["her son" added later in different ink] born Oct 7, 1812

S.
Elizabeth Chitwood was born 24 July 1833

Lockey
Wilmuth Chitwood was born Jan 10, 1836

John
Chitwood was born July 28, 1838

Thomas
Jefferson Chitwood was born Feb 22, 1841

Lucy
Margaret Chitwood was born April 25, 1847

George
Washington Chitwood was born 1844

Syntha
A. Chitwood was born Aug 28, 1850

James
F. Chitwood was born Feb 14, 1855

Almira
V. Chitwood was born April 12, 1858

Lee
F. Chitwood was born Aug. 18, 1861

Calvin
L. Chitwood Died April 28, 1929

Almira
V Hurt Died Dec 27, 1927

Lee
F. Chitwood Died June 15, 1927

James
F Chitwood Died Feb 2, 1928

Lucy
C. Chitwood Died June 18, 1893

Jefferson
Chitwood Died Jan 7, 1888 [an arrow at one side points to Lucy and Jefferson
with the word "grandparents"]

Oliver
P. Divers Died Nov 24, 1907

Mary
Ella Divers Died Sept 3, 1903

__________

[written
along the outside edge of this page]: Posie Pullen Kennet was born Mar 24,
1897

DEATHS

John
Chitwood departed Oct 30, 1831, age 77 yrs

William
Chitwood was 46 yrs old at this date

Susan
E. Kennette died March 9th 1931

R.
L. Kennett born Sept 18 [?] 1867

R.
L. Kennett Died Dec 26, 1950

Posy
P. Kennett Died Nov 19, 1913

Julina
Thurman Died Jan 20th 1891

Lucy
I. Chitwood Died Dec 11, 1936

W
R Thurman died Jan 15 1941

George
W Thurman Died April 22, 1914

Sallie
E. Thurman his wife died May 16, 1940

George
Johnson died June 7 1940 Aged 84 yrs

J.
F. Kennett last of Oct age 81 yrs 1924

Sandra
Lee Chitwood born Dec 14 19[50?] or [20?]

Pamila
Jean Chitwood Nov 6, 1952

Willie
Chitwood Dillon died Oct 25, 1956

Sallie
Elizabeth Chitwood died July 26, 1959

Charles
Albert Chitwood died July 28, 1960

Ethel
Palmer Chitwood died Aug 8 1960

__________

[A
blank page, torn loose from the Bible, but obviously belonging to the Bible,
had this written on it]:

Virginia Franklin Chitwood, better known as Jenny, was the second child
in the family of George W. and Matilda O. Chitwood of Franklin Co., Va. She
was the grandmother of Jean (Cragun) Tombaugh, writer of this book, and is the
person to whom this book is dedicated.

Virginia Franklin was born Sep. 21, 1869, in Franklin County, near
Rocky Mount, Va., in a house near the mill, on the waters of Magodee Creek,
which her grandfather, Jefferson Chitwood, and her father operated. She was
the second in a family of twelve children, and is said to have been named for
the State of Virginia and the county of Franklin.[15]

She was about eleven years old when she made the long and tiresome trip
by train from Virginia to Kansas, with her mother and five brothers. Her
father, George, had left earlier to buy land and get ready for their arrival.
They moved into the old Greencastle locality east of Conway Springs, Kans.,
where she lived until her marriage.[16]

Virginia Franklin Chitwood was married on Aug. 14, 1888, at Wellington,
Sumner Co., Kansas, to Isaac Morton Mayfield (b. 1861, d. 1933; son of Peter
and Mahala (Witt) Mayfield, of Williamsburg, Whitley County, Ky.). Seven
children were born to them.

Because she had arthritic condition, which began about 1916, they left
the farm home they had built near Conway Springs, Kansas in 1920, moving to
Wichita, Kans. Her condition continued to grow worse, until she was compelled
to remain in a sitting position for the remained of her life.

She never complained. In spite of her affliction she slowly and
painfully mastered the art of knitting and embroidery work which helped her to
pass the time.

To her daughters, Helen and Antha, and to her son-in-law, William E.
Pearson, the family owes an un-payable debt of gratitude, for it was because
of their unselfish devotion to her that her last years were made bearable.

Death quietly came to Virginia Franklin (Chitwood) Mayfield on June 8,
1953, while visiting her daughter, Kate (Mayfield) Dudley, in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
She was buried beside her husband in the Conway Springs, Kansas, Cemetery.

Funeral services for Mrs. Virginia Mayfield, 83, 345 North Spruce, will
be held Thursday at 10 a.m. in the First Baptist Church at Conway Springs,
Kansas. She died Monday at the home of a daughter, Mrs. James A. Dudley, in
Tulsa, Okla.

Since the death of her husband, Isaac, in 1933, she had made her home
with another daughter, Mrs. William E. Pearson, of the home address.

Mrs. Mayfield was born in Franklin County, Virginia, September 21,
1869. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Conway Springs.

She is survived by, in addition to the two daughters, two others, Iva
Cragun, Chicago, Ill., and Helen Farley, Gallup, N.M.; two sons, Esom, Ottawa,
Kans., and Bruce, Tulsa; a sister, Mrs. Ben F. Wolfe, Miami Shores, Fla.; and
three brothers, George, Jim and Henry Chitwood, all of Conway Springs.

Services will be conducted by the Rev. A. C. Cook. Ebersole Mortuary is
in charge of the arrangements and burial will be in Conway Springs.[17]

The
children of Isaac Morton and Virginia Franklin (Chitwood) Mayfield: